Analysis of services available for total joint replacement surgery.

Analysis of services available for total joint replacement surgery.

The use of a total joint replacement surgery has been growing in a manner which is poorly understood. This growth is more likely to be limited by saturation of the available medical services than by a limit to the number of people who could benefit from the treatment. Present indications are that services will be saturated in 1974 or 1975, after which 4600 extra people a year will go on to the ...

Anesthesia for total joint replacement.

Survival analysis in joint replacement surgery.

After the widespread introduction of joint replacement surgery the early reports of outcome described success in terms of relief of pain, restoration of movement and the ability to return to normal activities. These were subsequently refined to include some assessment of the longevity of the implant and many reports now describe excellent success rates over long periods of time. The pioneering ...

Patient perception and knowledge on total joint replacement surgery.

OBJECTIVES To study patients' perceptions and knowledge about total joint replacement surgery. DESIGN; Cross-sectional survey. SETTING; University teaching hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Three hundred consecutive patients with the diagnosis of osteoarthritis or inflammatory arthritis attending the out-patient clinic from June 2010 to May 2011. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Patients' knowledge and ho...

Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Replacement Surgery

Background. Patients undergoing joint replacement remain at increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared to other types of surgery, regardless of thromboprophylactic regimen. The pathophysiologic processes rendering this group of patients at risk for VTE are multifactorial. Procedure-specific and patient-specific exposures play a role in the postoperative development of VTE, includi...