Orthopedics
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Beware Skyrocketing Knee Arthroplasty Rates in Younger Patients
Major Finding: TKAs increased from 0.5 to 65 operations per 100,000 inhabitants aged 30-59 years during 1980-2006 in Finland.Data Source: A...
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Benchmarks Discerned for In-Hospital VTE After Hip, Knee Arthroplasty
Major Finding: 443 cases of VTE developed during hospitalization, for an incidence of approximately 1 in every 100 patients undergoing knee...
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Rivaroxaban VTE Prophylaxis Works in Real-World Practice
Major Finding: The in-hospital incidence of symptomatic VTE was 2.4% with rivaroxaban, 3.9% with low molecular weight heparin, and 5.5% with...
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Severity of ACL Rupture Predicts OA Risk
Major Finding: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction patients were four times more likely to have abnormal joint space narrowing within 4...
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Patellofemoral Joint May Be Primary Target for Knee Osteoarthritis
Major Finding: On MRI, 20.4% of 970 subjects had cartilage damage in their patellofemoral joint, 10.4% had damage in their tibiofemoral joint; and...
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Obesity Does Not Dampen Hip Replacement Benefits
Major Finding: Average pretotal hip replacement Oxford hip scores for patients with BMIs below 30 kg/m2 were in the upper teens; their...
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Arthritis in Other Joints Worsens Outcomes of Knee Replacement Surgery*
Major Finding: About 46% of 494 primary total knee replacement candidates reported pain or other problems in four or more other joints. Data...
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Severe Pain After Knee Replacement Predicts Poor Outcomes
Major Finding: Patients who reported severe pain 3 months after a total knee replacement had WOMAC scores in the mid-60s at both 1 and 2 years,...
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Joint Distraction Helps Patients Avoid Knee Replacements
Major Finding: At 2-year follow-up after knee distraction, the minimum joint space width in 20 patients with end-stage knee OA had increased from...
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Rigorous Exercise May Delay Hip Replacement
Major Finding: After going through a rigorous 3-month exercise program, 40% (22) of patients with hip osteoarthritis got a hip replacement within...
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Address Nonoperative Limb After Knee Surgery
Major Finding: At 2 years after a unilateral, opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy, 38 patients experienced a mean 0.25% body weight times height...