Search Results for "Psi Knee Replacement Pubmed"
Original Source: Do Patient-specific Guides Improve Coronal Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty?
BACKGROUND: Coronal alignment may impact clinical outcome and survivorship in TKA. Patient-specific instrumentation has been developed to restore mechanical or kinematic axis and potentially reduce component malpositioning. Although it is clear these instruments add cost, it is unclear whether they improve alignment. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We determined whether the mean coronal alignment after TKA performed with conventional ve...
Matching Channels
Rivaroxaban is the most broadly indicated novel oral anticoagulant and is marketed under the brand name Xarelto®. To date, Xarelto has been approved for use in the following indications across t...
Eliglustat acts at a level above the defective enzyme in Gaucher disease and reduces the amount of a toxic metabolite (glucosylceramide) that is the target of enzyme replacement therapy.
Uveitis may be caused by infectious or non-infectious disorders. Although most cases of uveitis are considered to be immune-mediated disorders, certain forms of uveitis are caused by infectious agen...
Matching News
What Is Knee Replacement Surgery? What Is Knee Arthroplasty?
Knee replacement surgery, also known as knee arthroplasty, is regarded as a modern surgical procedure that can accurately be described as "knee resurfacing". This procedure entails restoring the weig...
Knee replacement linked to weight gain
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being overweight is known to increase the risk of needing a knee replacement, but a new study finds that knee replacement surgery may also raise a person's risk of gaining...
Study finds increase in number of total knee replacements among U.S. Medicare population
Total knee replacement is a very common and safe surgery that's used to relieve severe pain and disability caused by knee osteoarthritis, and to improve patients' quality of life. However, it's also v...
As Baby Boomers Age, Knee Replacement Surgery Numbers Soar
Baby boomers requiring knee replacement surgery are merely the tip of the iceberg in the soaring increase seen in knee replacement surgeries in the last two decades for people on Medicare. In an artic...
Knee replacement linked to weight gain: study
(Reuters) - Being overweight is known to increase the risk of needing a knee replacement, but a new study finds that knee replacement surgery may also raise a person's risk of gaining weight, accordin...
FDA clears Zimmer’s iASSIST technology for knee replacement procedures
Zimmer Holdings, Inc., a global leader in musculoskeletal health, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market iASSIST Knee, the Per...
Knee replacement: Surgery can relieve pain
Knee replacement — Comprehensive overview covers knee replacement surgery and recovery.
Hip Or Knee Replacement Benefits About Half Of Patients With Arthritis
Only half of people with arthritis who had a hip or knee replacement reported a significant improvement in pain and mobility after surgery, according to a new study led by Women's College Hospital and...
Matching PubMed Articles
Bilateral total knee replacement in a congenital amputee with bilateral fibular deficiency.
We present the first ever reported case of bilateral total knee replacements in a congenital amputee with bilateral fibular deficiency. A 60year old woman with bilateral fibular hemimelia presented wi...
Abstract Any sort of malpositioning of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) replacement leads to an overload of single fibers of the ACL replacement. As long as this does not result in a tear of these f...
Equity in access to total joint replacement of the hip and knee in England: cross sectional study.
OBJECTIVE: To explore geographical and sociodemographic factors associated with variation in equity in access to total hip and knee replacement surgery. DESIGN: Combining small area estimates of need...
Electrocautery of the patellar rim in primary total knee replacement: beneficial or unnecessary?
The management of the patella during total knee replacement is controversial. In some studies the absence of patellar resurfacing results in residual anterior knee pain in over 10% of patients. One fo...
Allergies against bone cement or bone cement components have been well-described. We report on a 63-year-old patient who presented with progressive vitiligo all over the body after implantation of a c...
