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Legislation Limiting Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Does Not Impact Patients' Perception of Pain Management After Total Joint Arthroplasty

Arthroplasty Today, 2022
Background: In an effort to combat the opioid epidemic, state legislation was passed to limit postoperative narcotic prescribing. The purpose of this study was to assess if the legislation had an impact on patients’ perception of pain management after ...
Anthony V. Paterno, MS, Ryan H. Barnes, MD, Feng-Chang Lin, PhD, Tamy H.M. Tsujimoto, MS, Daniel J. Del Gaizo, MD   +4 more
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Patient-related risk factors of prosthetic joint infections following total hip and knee arthroplasty at King Abdulaziz Medical City, a 10-year retrospective study

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2023
Background Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) can be associated with the development of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). It is necessary to determine the modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors of PJI to provide optimum healthcare to TJA candidates ...
Wazzan S. Aljuhani, Abdullah M. Alanazi, Abdullah I. Saeed, Khalid H. Alhadlaq, Yazeed S. Alhoshan, Ziad A. Aljaafri   +5 more
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The Association Between Clopidogrel and Gastrointestinal Bleeding After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty

Arthroplasty Today, 2021
Background: Anticoagulation after total joint arthroplasty has been demonstrated to reduce venous thromboembolism. However, anticoagulation can lead to adverse bleeding events.
David Kugelman, MD, Greg Teo, MD, Michael Doran, MD, Daniel Buchalter, MD, William J. Long, MD, FRCSC   +4 more
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The Potential Role of Gut Bacteriome Dysbiosis as a Leading Cause of Periprosthetic Infection: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Microorganisms, 2023
(1) Background: Periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) represent a small yet important risk when undertaking a joint arthroplasty; they occur in approximately 1–2% of treatments.
Konstantinos Valtetsiotis, Alberto Di Martino, Matteo Brunello, Leonardo Tassinari, Claudio D’Agostino, Francesco Traina, Cesare Faldini   +6 more
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The seroprevalence of HIV in patients undergoing lower limb Total Joint Arthroplasty (TJA) in South Africa

SICOT-J, 2020
Aim: The aim was to assess the seroprevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in non-haemophilic patients undergoing primary Total Joint Arthroplasty (TJA) at an academic hospital in South Africa.
Maharaj Zia, Pietrzak Jurek Rafal Tomasz, Sikhauli Nkhodiseni, van de Jagt Dick, Mokete Lipalo   +4 more
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Corneal Abrasions in Total Joint Arthroplasty

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, 2021
Introduction Corneal abrasion (CA) is the most common ocular complication in patients undergoing nonocular surgery. Corneal abrasions can be caused by a variety of mechanisms, the most common being drying of the cornea due to reduced tear secretions ...
Megan E. Young BS, Simon C. Mears MD, PhD, Ahmed B. Sallam MD, PhD, Riley N. Sanders MD, C. Lowry Barnes MD, Jeffrey B. Stambough MD   +5 more
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Predictors of postoperative delirium in elderly patients following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background Postoperative delirium (POD) is widely reported as a common postoperative complication following total joint arthroplasty (TJA) of the hip and knee in elderly patients, leading to many adverse effects.
Quan Zhou, Xinfeng Zhou, Yijian Zhang, Mingzhuang Hou, Xin Tian, Huilin Yang, Fan He, Xi Chen, Tao Liu   +8 more
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The Cost-Effectiveness of Normal-Saline Pulsed Lavage for Infection Prophylaxis in Total Joint Arthroplasty

Arthroplasty Today, 2022
Background: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a well-described complication after total joint arthroplasty which imposes a substantial burden of morbidity and mortality on the individual, as well as cost to the health-care system.
Trevor Luck, BS, Peter Zaki, BS, Ryan Michels, MD, Eric M. Slotkin, DO   +3 more
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A novel approach for joint line restoration in revision total ankle arthroplasty based on the three‐dimensional registration of the contralateral tibia and fibula

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, 2023
Purpose The use of total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) is increasing over time, as so will the need for revision TAAs in the future. Restoration of the ankle joint line (JL) in revision TAA is often difficult due to severe bone loss.
S. Hodel, A. K. Calek, N. Cavalcanti, S. F. Fucentese, L. Vlachopoulos, A. Viehöfer, S. H. Wirth   +6 more
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Does total joint arthroplasty impair erectile function?

Archives of Medical Science, 2016
Introduction : Sexuality is an important factor in quality of life (QoL) and was reported to improve after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). However, one study group found evidence regarding a high rate of impaired erectile function of about 20% in male ...
Patrick Weber, Florian Schmidutz, Andreas Ficklscherer, Arnd Steinbrück, Volkmar Jansson, Hans Roland Dürr   +5 more
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