Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After total hip or total knee arthroplasty, patients had lower blood transfusion rates and lost a significantly ...

A new study from the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery found preoperative opioid use is associated with higher readmission and revision rates in total knee and hip arthroplasties. Researchers examined ...

In this study of adverse events associated with autologous retransfusion of filtered shed blood in 1819 THA and TKA patients, the incidence of adverse events during retransfusion was 3.6%. Of these, 3 ...

December 22, 2011 — Initiating aquatic therapy just 6 days after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) improved patient-reported outcomes compared with starting therapy 14 days after surgery, according to a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis, total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty improved ...

Patients from minoritized racial and ethnic groups had higher odds of extended length of stay following THA or TKA compared with White men, with Black women facing the highest likelihood. Significant ...

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus face high 30-day readmission rates following total hip or knee arthroplasty. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have high readmission rates ...

This pharmacist-led, patient-directed intervention demonstrated a reduction in opioid dispensings in the 90 days following hip replacement but not knee replacement. Objectives: To determine whether a ...

Researchers evaluated the risk for total hip and knee arthroplasty with regard to the use of NSAIDs, DMARDs, and TNF inhibitors in patients with psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.

September 9, 2021 – Same-day discharge after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA) is safe in some patients classified as "high risk" – with no increase in complications or ...

A study, published in The Journal of Arthroplasty, examined total hip and total knee arthroplasty readmission, reoperation and complication rates. Researchers used The National Surgical Quality ...