Ok! Total knee replacement (arthroplasty) appears to be a cost-effective procedure for older adults with advanced osteoarthritis, according to a report in the June 22 issue ofArchives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The procedure appears to be cost-effective across all p...
Some controversies that were debated in the past have today been resolved; others are still open for discussion. In this paper, a general overview on the current 'state of the art' in primary knee arthroplasty is given.Richard S LaskinDoreen Maria VarrichioBritish Journal of Occupational Therapy...
Costs and models used in the economic analysis of total knee replacement (TKR): a systematic review. PLoS ONE. 2023;18: e0280371. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280371. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Feeley BT, Liu S, Garner AM, Zhang AL, Pietzsch JB. The ...
Given the increase in life expectancy in the general population of our country, there is an exponential increase since the last decades of functional older adults who undergo total knee replacement (TKR). There is a direct relationship between the increase in age and the prevalence of both functi...
WOSM Orthopaedic Blog A recent article in the Journal of Arthroplasty found golfers returned to golf at a higher level and with less discomfort within 6 months after total knee replacement. Read article: Total Knee Replacement Improves Golfer’s Handicap...
At late stages (KL = 4), however, no noninvasive option exists9; here, the only option is total knee replacement (TKR). TKR is an elective procedure in which the knee joint is resurfaced with a metal or plastic implant intended to restore function, provide pain relief, and improve...
- 《Journal of Biomechanics》 被引量: 143发表: 2007年 Catastrophic Osteolysis in Total Knee Replacement. One hundred eighty-five total knee revisions were done by the 2 senior authors from 1988 to 1994. Of these, 17 patients were identified as having severe os... Robinson,J Eric,D Brian,...
Total Knee Replacement “Using the GoKnee gave me the freedom to do much more PT than just the 2-3 days a week I was prescribed and progressed my healing while reducing my pain! The GoKnee program was much easier to do at home versus having to go to PT, and the exercises were very...
Informal surveys of patient satisfaction with the structured program were very favorable, with one patient expressing their gratitude for having a solution “other than knee replacement.” In the randomized controlled trial that we used to develop the program, 75% of patients who received nonsurgical...
p class="abstract"> Background: Epidural anaesthesia with adjuvant is the preferred method for intra and postoperative pain relief after total knee replacement surgeries but search for ideal adjuvant for prolonging the duration of postoperative analgesia without any side effect goes on. This study was...