Knee
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Men Have a Higher Level of Function Before and After Total Knee Replacement Surgery
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Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using a Flexible Guide Pin With a Rigid Reamer
Successful anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction depends heavily on accurate placement of the graft within the anatomical insertion of the...
Case Reports
Intragrade Intramedullary Nailing of an Open Tibial Shaft Fracture in a Patient With Concomitant Ipsilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty
Open tibial shaft fracture occurring below an ipsilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a unique injury pattern that presents an additional...
Case Reports
Mycobacterium bovis Infection of Total Knee Arthroplasty After Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy for Bladder Cancer
We present a case of Mycobacterium bovis infection of a total knee arthroplasty. This infection developed after use of bacillus Calmette-Guérin...
Original Research
Dilute Betadine Lavage Reduces Implant-Related Bacterial Burden in a Rabbit Knee Prosthetic Infection Model
Treatment of acute postoperative arthroplasty infection with polyethylene exchange and retention of components has a limited success rate,...
Original Research
Biomechanical Comparison of Hamstring Tendon Fixation Devices for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Part 2. Four Tibial Devices
We conducted a study to biomechanically compare 4 tibial hamstring tendon fixation devices commonly used in anterior cruciate ligament...
Conference Coverage
Antirheumatic drugs don’t boost surgical infection risk
Major finding: Rheumatoid arthritis patients who remained on their antirheumatic medication while they underwent various types of surgery did not...
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Orthopaedic surgeons’ ‘Choosing Wisely’ list centers on osteoarthritis treatments
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FDA approves denosumab for giant cell tumors
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Four factors predict likelihood of future knee replacement
Major finding: The best TKA prediction models included age, sex, BMI, and KOOS quality-of-life score, improving the AUC to 0.78 for the right knee...
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Prearthroplasty exercise benefits short lived
Major finding: Self-reported activities of daily living at 3 months was similar in patients who exercised prior to surgery and those who did not (...