Background: Patients undergo total joint arthroplasty to improve function and resolve pain. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are often sought to determine the success of total joint arthroplasty but are time-consuming and patient response rates ...
Karl Surmacz, PhD +5 more
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Post-acute care disparities in total joint arthroplasty
Background: Understanding the socioeconomic factors that influence hospitalization and post-discharge metrics after joint replacement is important for identifying key areas of improvement in the delivery of orthopaedic care.
Roy H. Lan, Atul F. Kamath, MD
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Background: The devastating opioid epidemic in the United States has been exacerbated by health care practices as well as underlying individual factors.
Crystal Diei +3 more
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Total hip replacement for the treatment of end stage arthritis of the hip : a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Background: Evolvements in the design, fixation methods, size, and bearing surface of implants for total hip replacement (THR) have led to a variety of options for healthcare professionals to consider.
Clarke, Aileen +7 more
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Purpose Hemophilic Arthropathy (HA) frequently affects the hip and knee joints, with total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) serving as primary treatment methods for end-stage hemophilic arthropathy.
AErGen BaHeTe, YuLiang Shao, PengDe Kang
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Management of peri-prosthetic joint infection and severe bone loss after total hip arthroplasty using a long-stemmed cemented custom-made articulating spacer (CUMARS) [PDF]
Jonathan Quayle +7 more
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Tourniquetless Total Knee Arthroplasty With Modern Perioperative Protocols Decreases Pain and Opioid Consumption in Women [PDF]
Background This study examined whether a modern total knee arthroplasty (TKA) protocol without a tourniquet results in less patient-reported pain and in-hospital opioid consumption compared to TKA with a tourniquet.
Dilley, Julian E. +4 more
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Assistive devices, hip precautions, environmental modifications and training to prevent dislocation and improve function after hip arthroplasty [PDF]
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The aim of this review is to assess the effects of provision of assistive devices, education on hip precautions, environmental modifications and training in ADL ...
Ackerman +42 more
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Aims Despite declining frequency of blood transfusion and electrolyte supplementation following total joint arthroplasty, postoperative blood analyses are still routinely ordered for these patients.
N. Greco +5 more
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Scintigraphic assessment of bone status at one year following hip resurfacing : comparison of two surgical approaches using SPECT-CT scan [PDF]
Objectives: To study the vascularity and bone metabolism of the femoral head/neck following hip resurfacing arthroplasty, and to use these results to compare the posterior and the trochanteric-flip approaches.
Amarasekera HW +31 more
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