Replacement of catheters with triamcinolone in fast-track knee replacement. A case series

Fast-track hip and knee replacement — what are the issues?

Surgical injury is followed by pain, stress-induced catabolism, impairment of organ function, and a risk of thromboembolism and impaired cognitive function. These events may contribute to complications, a need for prolonged hospitalization, postoperative fatigue, delayed convalescence, and the need for rehabilitation. Optimization of the individual care components in perioperative care (the fas...

Cognitive dysfunction after fast-track hip and knee replacement.

BACKGROUND Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is reported to occur after major surgery in as many as 20% of patients, elderly patients may especially experience problems in the weeks and months after surgery. Recent studies vary greatly in methods of evaluation and diagnosis of POCD, and the pathogenic mechanisms are still unclear. We evaluated a large uniform cohort of elderly patients...

Fast-track surgery for bilateral total knee replacement.

Bilateral simultaneous total knee replacement (TKR) has been considered by some to be associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Our study analysed the outcome of 150 consecutive, but selected, bilateral simultaneous TKRs and compared them with that of 271 unilateral TKRs in a standardised fast-track setting. The procedures were performed between 2003 and 2009. Apart from staying longer...

Fast – Track Total Arch Replacement

Medial Unicompartmental Osteoarthritis (MUO) of the Knee: Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (UKR) or Total Knee Replacement (TKR)

The aim of this review article is to analyze the clinical effectiveness of total knee replacement (TKR) compared to unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) in patients with medial unicompartmental osteoarthritis (MUO) in terms of survival rates, revision rates and postoperative complications. The search engine was MedLine. The keywords used were: medial knee osteoarthritis. Three thousand and n...