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New hip replacements are likely to last at least 25 years, study suggests
Modern hip replacements are nearly twice as likely as older hip replacements to last at least 25 years, suggests a study published in The Lancet. The authors of the systematic review and meta-analysis employed advanced modeling techniques to estimate that 92% of modern hip replacements are likely to last at least 25 years.
Source: Medical Xpress
Hip replacement beats exercise-only care for moderate-to-severe hip arthritis in yearlong trial
Total hip arthroplasty is one of the most common surgical procedures. However, the newly published randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of total hip arthroplasty with conservative treatment for moderate-to-severe hip osteoarthritis is only the second of its kind in the world and the longest to date. A randomized controlled trial is the most reliable study design for investigating treatment outcomes.
Source: Medical Xpress
How Prehabilitation Prepares Patients for Total Joint Replacement
Prehabilitation - optimizing a patient's condition before surgery to help optimize their outcomes after it - is especially important in total joint replacement. Patients needing total joint replacement typically have adapted to reduced joint function and increased pain over time. Prehabilitation can help them begin to undo these adaptations by optimizing tissues and modifying behaviors, preparing their body for restoration after surgery.
Source: ConsultQD - Cleveland Clinic
Steroid injections for joint pain: Everything you need to know about using them
Corticosteroid injections, commonly known as steroid injections or cortisone, have been used for joint pain for more than 70 years. They offer a rapid, effective way of reducing pain.
Source: Medical Xpress
Planning a Hip Replacement? 6 Things to Know
A Yale Medicine orthopaedic surgeon answers common questions about total hip replacement surgery, including when it’s needed, how to prepare, and what recovery looks like.
Source: YaleMedicine
Is it the right time for a knee replacement?
Knee replacement surgery is the most common inpatient surgery in the U.S. But that doesn't mean the decision to have a knee replacement is an easy one, especially if you're younger than 60.
Source: Harvard Health Publishing
Testosterone therapy could mean trouble for knee replacement patients, study warns
Testosterone therapy is booming in the U.S., but it might bring higher risks for people undergoing knee replacement surgery, a new study says.
Source: Medical Xpress
Greater quality of life, higher satisfaction seen with robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty
Robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (raTKA) is associated with higher satisfaction and greater improvement in quality of life (QOL) than conventional TKA (cTKA), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, held from March 2 to 6 in New Orleans.
Source: Medical Xpress
Kinematic Alignment Versus Mechanical Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review of Mid-term Functional Outcomes
Mechanical alignment (MA) targets restoration of a neutral limb axis, whereas kinematic alignment (KA) aims to reproduce an individual's native pre-arthritic knee alignment. This systematic review evaluates comparative mid-term outcomes (>2 years) following KA and MA in primary TKA.
Source: Cureus
Valgus knee deserves personalized total knee arthroplasty
Valgus accounts for 18.5% of patients undergoing a total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Following a mechanical alignment (MA) surgical technique, these patients have historically been more challenging than their varus counterparts.
Source: Efort Open Reviews