Knee Replacement Surgery: Overview
Knee replacement surgery (knee arthroplasty) involves removing a patient's damaged joint surface and replacing it with a metal and plastic implant.
Joint replacement surgery, arthritis are not inevitable
Don't worry about your hips or knees as you age. Arthritis in those joints isn't inevitable. Keep doing the activities you enjoy.
Common blood pressure medications linked to lower risk of total knee replacement
Among patients with knee pain, those who take a widely used class of blood pressure-lowering medications called beta-blockers appear to have a lower risk of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for the treatment of advanced osteoarthritis (OA), suggests a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Knee replacement options: What are some types and considerations?
There are multiple approaches to surgery, including traditional, minimally invasive, and robotic-assisted. A surgeon can also choose from various implants based on ligament stability and other factors, such as deformity, previous trauma, or prior surgery.
Patient-specific screening tool calculates risk of periprosthetic fracture after THA
A patient-specific screening tool successfully identified risk factors for periprosthetic femur fracture among patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty, according to presented results.
