Patient safety after partial and total knee replacement

Patient safety after partial and total knee replacement.

More than 90 000 people in the UK had knee replacements in 2012, according to the National Joint Registry of England and Wales (NJR). The human cost of this expensive surgery is addressed in two articles in The Lancet that question conclusions from the NJR, with major consequences for patient safety and the knee replacement industry. The indications for knee replacement remain poorly defi ned: ...

Patient safety after partial and total knee replacement

More than 90 000 people in the UK had knee replacements in 2012, according to the National Joint Registry of England and Wales (NJR). The human cost of this expensive surgery is addressed in two articles in The Lancet that question conclusions from the NJR, with major consequences for patient safety and the knee replacement industry. The indications for knee replacement remain poorly defi ned: ...

Assuring the happy total knee replacement patient.

Total knee replacement (TKR) is one of the most common operations in orthopaedic surgery worldwide. Despite its scientific reputation as mainly successful, only 81% to 89% of patients are satisfied with the final result. Our understanding of this discordance between patient and surgeon satisfaction is limited. In our experience, focus on five major factors can improve patient satisfaction rates...

Knee Kinematic Improvement After Total Knee Replacement Using a Simplified Quantitative Gait Analysis Method

Objectives: The aim of this study was to extract suitable spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters to determine how Total Knee Replacement (TKR) alters patients’ knee kinematics during gait, using a rapid and simplified quantitative two-dimensional gait analysis procedure. Methods: Two-dimensional kinematic gait pattern of 10 participants were collected before and after the TKR surgery,...

OPEN PATELLA PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE AFTER TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURES