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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
Complex joint replacements, revisions approved for ASCs in 2026
As we start 2026, orthopedic surgeons have a remarkable opportunity to remain at the forefront of the innovation of joint replacement surgery for years to come.
Source: Healio
People as young as 50 can need a hip replacement. Here`s everything you need to know about this common surgery
Although hip replacements are often thought of as a surgery that mainly older people need, reports from previous years show that around 43% of these operations are done in people aged 50 to 69 years old.
Source: Medical Xpress
The Global Search for Better Care of Periprosthetic Joint Infection
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) has five-year mortality rates between 15% and 25%. That's higher than the rates for early-stage breast and prostate cancers and similar to the rates for colorectal and blood cancers. For more than a decade, the orthopaedic surgery community has been exploring new surgical and antibiotic therapies to address PJI, but patient outcomes haven’t improved much.
Source: ConsultQD - Cleveland Clinic
What Causes Pain After Knee Replacement Surgery?
You had total knee replacement surgery because you were hoping to find relief from debilitating pain. But after surgery, you're still hurting.