Robotic total knee arthroplasty (TKA) improves the accuracy of implant positioning and
reduces outliers in achieving the planned limb alignment compared to conventional jig …

Introduction The increasing prevalence of obesity has led to an increase in total knee
arthroplasties (TKAs) being undertaken in patients with a higher body mass index (BMI) …

vol. 8, No. 10, oCToBER 2019 fine-tune implant positioning. 17-19 Suboptimal implant
positioning or gap balancing may lead to poor functional recovery, reduced clinical …

Osteoarthritis (OA) should be suspected in patients with pain in the fingers, shoulders, hips,
knees, or ankles, especially if they are older than 40 years. Patients older than 50 years who …

Background: Obesity has been associated with a greater burden of symptomatic knee
osteoarthritis. There is some evidence that patients with a very high body mass index (BMI) …

Aims The aim of this study was to observe the implications of withholding total joint
arthroplasty (TJA) in morbidly obese patients Patients and Methods A total of 289 morbidly …

Background Total knee arthroplasty is known to successfully alleviate pain and improve
function in endstage knee osteoarthritis. However, there is some controversy with regard to …

Background The impact of morbid obesity (MO) on outcomes following total knee
arthroplasty (TKA) when performed by high-volume (HV) surgeons has not been …

Abstract Background The United States is in an obesity epidemic. Obesity has multiple
common comorbid conditions, including lower extremity arthritis. We sought to examine the …

Aims This study investigated the influence of body mass index (BMI) on patients' function
and quality of life ten years after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Patients and Methods A total …