In the U.S., joint replacements have become more common and the average age of individuals who undergo joint replacements has decreased. Joint replacements among active component service members increased 10.5% during 2004-2009, then 61.9% during 2009-2014. Knees and hips were the most frequently replaced joints among service members. During the surveillance period (and particularly after 2009)...

Total hip joint replacement is unavoidable in the orthopedic application, for improving the quality of patient life suffering from arthritis. Replacing damaged joint with artificial joint gaining popularity and it became a need in such cases. While joint replacement represents success stories in the field of orthopedic surgery, but maintaining implant for last long is still challenge. The avera...

Obesity has been strongly implicated as a risk factor for knee osteoarthritis and, in some studies, for osteoarthritis of the hip. Osteoarthritis is the most commonly reported diagnosis for joint replacement patients. In this study, we conducted analyses based on data from the Canadian Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR) to estimate the relationships between overweight and obesity and rates of jo...

TANNER MCGINN, BS RESEARCH ASSISTANT RUBIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ORTHOPEDICS CENTER FOR JOINT PRESERVATION AND REPLACEMENT SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND MORAD CHUGHTAI, MD RESEARCH FELLOW DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY CLEVELAND CLINIC CLEVELAND, OHIO ANIL BHAVE, PT PHYSICAL THERAPIST RUBIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ORTHOPEDICS CENTER FOR JOINT PRESERVATION AND REPLACEMENT SI...

Ochronosis or black joints disorder is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficiency of homogentisic acidoxidase. Orthopaedic manifestations are common and mostly involve spine and large joints such as knee and hip.Arthropathy is progressive and will eventually leads to arthroplasty. Not being familiar with this disorder might lead todevastating complications. We present a 57 year-ol...