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Anesthesia Preoperative Clinic Referral for Elevated Hba1c Reduces Complication Rate in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is risk factor for complications after orthopedic surgery. Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that anesthesia preoperative clinic (APC) referral for elevated glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) reduces complication rate ...
Breakwell, Susan, Kallio, Peter J., Nolan, Jenea, Olsen, Amy C., Pagel, Paul S., Topp, Richard   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Mimics Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation, 2018
Lymphoma associated with total knee arthroplasty is a rare condition. We report a case of non-Hodgkin lymphoma mimicking an infected total knee arthroplasty.
Lo Chi-Kin, Lai Chun-Kit, Tsang Koon-Ho, Wong Yiu-Chung   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Total knee arthroplasty in a patient with ipsilateral calcific myonecrosis

Arthroplasty Today, 2018
Calcific myonecrosis (CM) is a rare soft tissue condition associated with previous trauma that presents with a large lower extremity mass and can be misdiagnosed as a malignancy.
Sivana Leigh Barron, BA, Brian J. McGrory, MD, MS   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of preoperative anemia on patients undergoing total joint replacement of lower extremity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
s Purpose Preoperative anemia increases postoperative morbidity, mortality, and the risk of allogeneic transfusion. However, the incidence of preoperative anemia in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and its ...
Fu-Qiang Zhang, Yong-Ze Yang, Peng-Fei Li, Guo-Rong Ma, An-Ren Zhang, Hui Zhang, Hong-Zhang Guo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

YouTube is a poor source of patient information for knee arthroplasty and knee osteoarthritis

Arthroplasty Today, 2019
Background: The objective of this study was to assess the educational quality of YouTube videos pertaining to total knee arthroplasty and knee osteoarthritis.
Michael Wong, BA, Bhumit Desai, BS, Michele Bautista, MPH, Ohmin Kwon, BS, Nicholas Kolodychuk, MD, George Chimento, MD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a working methodology for using total hip and knee joint replacements to support identification [PDF]

, 2015
Hip and knee prostheses have occasionally been used to support identification of unknown persons along with other medical devices and implants. This paper looks at the specific issues around using hip and knee implants, suggesting a working methodology ...
Bryson, David
core   +1 more source

Striving for a silent knee: a qualitative study of patients’ experiences with knee replacement surgery and their perceptions of fulfilled expectations

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2019
Purpose: Fifteen to twenty percent of patients with a knee arthroplasty are dissatisfied with their replaced joint. This study aimed to describe patients’ experiences of undergoing knee replacement surgery, both total- and unicompartmental knee ...
Josefina Skogö Nyvang, Margareta Hedström, Maura D. Iversen, Sissel Andreassen Gleissman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving outcomes in knee arthroplasty: the lateral unicompartmental knee replacement

, 2016
Total knee replacement (TKR) continues to increase in popularity, but satisfying patients who remain active for longer is a major challenge. Outcomes from TKR remain suboptimal, with as many as 20% gaining little benefit. An alternative approach to TKR is the use of partial or unicompartmental knee replacements (UKR).
openaire   +3 more sources

Efficacy and safety of continuous nursing in improving functional recovery after total hip or knee arthroplasty in older adults: A systematic review

International Journal of Nursing Sciences
Objective: This systematic review was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of continuous nursing care for the recovery of joint function in older adults with total hip or knee arthroplasty.
Jing Sun, Yirong Xu, Juan Zhu, Bei Zhu, Wei Gao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

How many people in the Netherlands live with a hip, knee, or shoulder replacement?: prevalence estimates using data from the Dutch Arthroplasty Register (LROI) and Statistics Netherlands

Bone & Joint Open
Aims: We estimated the prevalence of people living with at least one hip, knee, or shoulder arthroplasty in the Netherlands. Methods: We included the first hip (n = 416,333), knee (n = 314,569), or shoulder (n = 23,751) arthroplasty of each patient ...
Mirthe H. W. van Veghel, Liza N. van Steenbergen, Maaike G. J. Gademan, Wilbert B. van den Hout, B. W. Schreurs, Gerjon Hannink   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source