extremely traumatic and carries associated risks. Even successful surgeries require months of painful rehab to regain strength and mobility. Sadly, most surgeries also accelerate degeneration that leads to osteoarthritis and exacerbates the problems that initially led to the need for surgery in the first...
Knee Surgery & Related Research, the official journal of the Korean Knee Society, covers all aspects of knee surgery relating to knee joint diseases, trauma ...
This study identified significant reinfection risks in patients who have repeated infections by the same microorganisms, persistent PJI, or multiple spacer redo procedures. A 39.5% re-reinfection rate, including 12 amputations, and a 15.8% mortality rate was observed in this series. This study ...
Minimally Invasive knee replacement surgery in India This technique has become increasingly popular around the around and is performed in all the top-tier hospitals in India with a high success rate. The method is a modification of the traditional approach and the key difference between the two is...
These advantages are particularly important for young people who want to be very active and for older people who want to minimise the risks of surgery," says Murray. More recently, there have been three further innovations. A set of new instruments were developed to make the operation simpler ...
Progression of arthritis in the nonoperated compartment, polyethylene wear, aseptic loosening, fracture, and revision due to pain are some of the reported failure modes of UKA. These problems are believed to be associated with poor implant design, patient selection, alignment during surgery, and a...
4 Direct communication and discussion with the surgical team on the risks and benefits of proceeding versus canceling each case are therefore of utmost important. Some centers chose to place the epidural catheter the day before the surgery to avoid this dilemma. The removal of a neuraxial catheter...
s an ideal candidate for a traditional knee replacement surgery is also a good candidate for robotic knee replacement. That being said, the implants don’t last forever. So, discuss your health risks with a robotic knee replacement surgeon to see if you are a good candidate for the surgery....
The reason might be that the patients would like to delay the time when they needed knee surgery which could incur higher costs and risks. Among the side effects, it was intuitive that the patients weighed the CV and kidney side effects higher than the GI side effect since the GI side ...
athlete status, chronic symptoms, or prior knee surgery influences pre-operative psychological status. purpose to determine whether pre-operative psychological status before outpatient knee surgery is influenced by athletic status, symptom chronicity, or prior surgical history. methods 495 knee surgery ...