Twenty-six consecutive cases of infected primary total knee arthroplasties were treated at our institution from 1989 through 2000. Eleven patients had debridement and irrigation performed within 2 months of index arthroplasty or hematogenous spread; only one infection was eradicated. Twenty-five patients had their prostheses removed; 17 had two-stage revision arthroplasty, following which infec...

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine a correlation between surgical case order and the length ofoperative time, total length of time in the operating room, time until discharge from the hospital, and the incidence ofintraoperative complications for primary total shoulder arthroplasty cases.Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of records for all individual primary tota...

conclusions our study shows that there is improvement in pain scores, at rest and on movement, as well as a reduction in incidence of severe pain, in patients who receive cfnb versus those who receive intravenous pca. results our results show that the incidence of a severe pain episode was higher in the pca compared with the cfnb group. lower pain scores were observed in the cfnb group compared...

BACKGROUND Knee arthroplasty is increasing exponentially due to the aging of the population and to the broadening of indications. We aimed to compare physical disability and its evolution over two years in people with knee arthroplasty to that in the general population. A secondary objective was to compare the level of disabilities of people with knee to people with hip arthroplasty. METHODOL...

OBJECTIVES we determined the yearly prevalence of single and multiple falls in persons with or at risk of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and persons undergoing knee arthroplasty over an 8-year period. We also compared annual fall rates among persons with and without knee arthroplasty to determine if fall rates are associated with knee arthroplasty. METHODS we studied 4,200 persons from the Osteoart...

OBJECTIVE The Medical Advisory Secretariat undertook a review of the evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of computer assisted hip and knee arthroplasty. The two computer assisted arthroplasty systems that are the topics of this review are (1) navigation and (2) robotic-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty. THE TECHNOLOGY Computer-assisted arthroplasty consists of navigation and...

1Swedish National Competence Center Musculoskeletal Disorders, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, The Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register, and Lund University; 2The Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden; 3The Finnish Arthroplasty Register and Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki; 4The Finnish Arthroplasty Registe...