A study led by Vinod Dasa, MD, Professor of Orthopaedics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, reports that a novel surgical pain management strategy following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), ...
LAS VEGAS -- Knee replacement patients spent fewer days in the hospital and had improved pain scores after new protocol eliminated motor nerve blocks and reduced opioid medication use, researchers ...
The Quiet Knee protocol, which some HSS surgeons began implementing several years ago, takes a more conservative approach to knee replacement recovery than traditional clinical protocols. This new ...
In a minority-predominant patient population, a standardized pathway for total knee arthroplasty was associated with improved outcomes with no change in postoperative complication rates. Objectives: ...
Complication rates for outpatient total hip and knee arthroplasties are similar to inpatient rates for the same procedures, according to research published in Arthroplasty Today. Researchers studied ...
For those with type 2 diabetes who have knee osteoarthritis, getting a knee replacement can be difficult because they are more likely to have surgical complications.
The use of dilute betadine lavage prior to surgical closure reduced acute postoperative infection rates in total joint arthroplasty from 0.97% to 0.15%, according to a study comparing more than 2,000 ...
The knee is one of the largest and most complex joints in the human body. Your knees enable you to walk, run and play. They allow you to stand in place and bend ...
Patients having total knee arthroplasty treated with liposomal bupivacaine were discharged to their homes sooner and had a significantly shorter hospital stay compared with patients who did not ...
Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints. The condition can affect one joint or multiple joints, causing pain and stiffness in the affected area. When these symptoms occur in one or both knees, it ...
DALLAS, October 24, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health, today announced the results of a ...