BACKGROUND Total knee replacement (TKR) surgeries have increased in recent years. Exercise programs and other interventions following surgery can facilitate the recovery process. With limited clinician contact time, patients with TKR have a substantial burden of self-management and limited communication with their care team, thus often fail to implement an effective rehabilitation plan. OBJEC...

Background: Understanding the femorotibial mechanical axis (FTMA) of leg is a necessary requirement to assess outcome total knee replacement (TKR). Short radiographs, which only capture joint and do not include center femoral head ankle, provide us anatomical (FTAA), FTMA. The purpose this study was compare FTMA FTAA before after navigated TKR. Methods: In 130 patients undergoing surgery implan...

BACKGROUND No study comparing short message service (SMS) texts and telephone counseling for patients undergoing total knee replacement (TKR) has been reported. PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to provide postdischarge telephone counseling and SMS texts to TKR patients and to analyze the effects of these services on their knee function (KF), activities of daily living (ADL), and life sati...

IntroductIon In 2005, approximately 285,000 individuals underwent total hip replacement (THR) procedures, and approximately 523,000 individuals had total knee replacement (TKR) procedures in the U.S.1 As the population ages, it is estimated that by 2030 the demand for these surgeries will increase, and the numbers are expected to grow to 572,000 THR procedures and 3,480,000 TKR procedures annua...

Bone Joint J 2013;95-B, Supple:148–52. Received 7 September 2013; Accepted after revision 8 September 2013 Satisfaction is increasingly employed as an outcome measure for a successful total knee replacement (TKR). Satisfaction as an outcome measure encompasses many different intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to a person’s experience before and after TKR. The Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Regi...

Presentation Preference: Oral or Poster Objectives: For primary hip (THR) and knee (TKR) replacement, ERAS protocols have safely reduced length of stay (LOS) to between 1-3 days for unselected patients and for selected patients outpatient surgery is now possible. However, within the United Kingdom, the national average LOS for both THR and TKR still exceeds 3 days. LOS has been decreasing consi...

Total knee replacement (TKR) is the mainstay of treatment for people with end-stage knee OA among suitably "fit" candidates. As a high cost, high volume procedure with a worldwide demand that continues to grow it has become increasingly popular to measure response to surgery. While the majority who undergo TKR report improvements in pain and function following surgery, a significant proportion ...

BACKGROUND The growing prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) and the medical costs associated with total knee replacement (TKR) surgery for end-stage OA motivate a search for agents that can delay OA progression. We test a hypothesis that hyaluronic acid (HA) injection is associated with delay of TKR in a dose-dependent manner. METHODS AND FINDINGS We retrospectively evaluated records in an admin...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the effect of early anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy in patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on the subsequent risk of total knee replacement (TKR) surgery. METHODS This retrospective observational study included a hospital-based cohort of 200 patients diagnosed with severe RA who received treatment with anti-TNF therapy between 2003 and 2014....

Patients who have undergone total hip or knee replacement (THR and TKR, respectively) are at high risk of venous thromboembolism. We aimed to determine the time courses of both the incidence of venous thromboembolism and effective prophylaxis. Patients with elective primary THR and TKR were enrolled in the multi-national Global Orthopaedic Registry. Data on the incidence of venous thromboemboli...