Patients who had dental caries or implant placement one year before total knee arthroplasty have more complications, including heart attacks, according to a study published recently in the Journal of ...

Stability plays a key role in primary total knee arthroplasty for patients and affects their overall satisfaction, making it an important consideration for orthopedic surgeons during planning and ...

A recent retrospective review confirms that Mobile-Bearing Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (MB-UKA) provides a 61% net ...

Periprosthetic infections following total knee arthroplasty represents a tremendous economic burden for tertiary-care centers and patients, according to a study published in The Journal of ...

Q. How does a normal knee work versus a knee that needs to be replaced? A. A normal knee is not painful and does not limit your mobility. In an arthritic knee, especially one with advanced ...

Whether partial versus total arthroplasty is the best for patients with unicompartmental osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee has long been debated. The so-called TOPKAT trial randomized patients to the ...

Cementless knee replacement, an alternative approach to traditional cemented knee replacement surgery, is garnering interest in the field of orthopedic surgery. Researchers at Hospital for Special ...

Arthroplasty and arthroscopy are two procedures surgeons perform to restore function in your joints. Arthroplasty and arthroscopy are both common types of surgery used to treat a wide range of ...

A new Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) position statement provides evidence-based support for the use of genicular ...