Healthcare News Archives – Stephen J. Incavo, MD

Results in a recent study showed statistically better clinical outcomes and shorter tourniquet times among patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty who received a medial-stabilized implant compared with a posterior-stabilized implant.

Closed incision negative pressure therapy may reduce the rate of surgical site complications among higher risk patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty with the direct anterior approach, according to results presented in this study.

According to a recent study published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (JB&JS), The Effect of Surgical Approach and Femoral Prosthesis Type on Revision Rates Following Total Hip Arthroplasty, compared with other total hip arthroplasty (THA) approaches, the…

A research article published in the Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research reports on the findings of a randomized trial comparing the direct anterior approach (DAA) and posterior approach (PA) in total hip arthroplasty (THA) – assessing the advantages and disadvantages…

A research report and John Charnley Award winner published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research investigates the ongoing controversy between surgical approach for total hip arthroplasty.

A recently published study assessing knee confidence in 4,515 participants with or at elevated risk for knee osteoarthritis (OA)  found that a multimodal biopsychosocial intervention, such as weight loss, strength and stability training, movement retraining,multi-site pain management and cognitive behavioral…

In the current issue of JBJS, Hailer et al. report on an investigation in Sweden in which they analyzed genetic susceptibility to hip and knee osteoarthritis necessitating total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA), and whether body mass index (BMI) moderates…

According to published results, opioid use before elective total hip arthroplasty (THA) resulted in poor intraoperative and postoperative outcomes, such as increased time in surgery, longer length of stay and a higher rate of all-cause ED (emergency) visits.  Source: Orthopedics…

According to published results, tranexamic acid use in high-risk patients during total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) was associated with decreased odds of blood transfusion with no increased risk for complications. Source: Orthopedics Today Read full article.

Bilateral Simultaneous Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) may not be safe even in the healthiest patients, reports findings from a nationally representative database – to identify if there is a population of patients undergoing TKA in whom bilateral TKA can be…