Knee replacement

AJ Carr, O Robertsson, S Graves, AJ Price, NK Arden… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Knee-replacement surgery is frequently done and highly successful. It relieves pain and
improves knee function in people with advanced arthritis of the joint. The most common …

Unicompartmental versus total knee arthroplasty database analysis: is there a winner?

MC Lyons, SJ MacDonald, LE Somerville… - … and Related Research®, 2012 - Springer
Background TKA and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) are both utilized to treat
unicompartmental knee arthrosis. While some surgeons assume UKA provides better …

Posttraumatic osteoarthritis caused by battlefield injuries: the primary source of disability in warriors

JC Rivera, JC Wenke, JA Buckwalter… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The Army Physical Evaluation Board results for wounded warriors from a previously
described cohort were reviewed to identify permanently disabling conditions and whether …

[PDF][PDF] Sport activity following joint arthroplasty: a systematic review

R Papalia, A Del Buono, B Zampogna, N Maffulli… - British medical …, 2012 - Citeseer
Sport activity following joint arthroplasty: a systematic review Page 1 Sport activity following joint
arthroplasty: a systematic review Rocco Papalia†, Angelo Del Buono†, Biagio Zampogna† …

Long-term comparison of fixed-bearing and mobile-bearing total knee replacements in patients younger than fifty-one years of age with osteoarthritis

YH Kim, JS Kim, JW Choe, HJ Kim - JBJS, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: There is limited information comparing the results of fixed-bearing total knee
replacement and mobile-bearing total knee replacement in patients with osteoarthritis who …

Pain relief and functional improvement remain 20 years after knee arthroplasty

JB Meding, LK Meding, MA Ritter… - … and Related Research®, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Pain Relief and Functional Improvement Remain 20 Years After... : Clinical Orthopaedics and
Related Research® Pain Relief and Functional Improvement Remain 20 Years After Knee …

Resource utilization and costs before and after total joint arthroplasty

KJ Bozic, B Stacey, A Berger, A Sadosky… - BMC health services …, 2012 - Springer
Background The purpose of this study was to compare pre-and post-surgical healthcare
costs in commercially insured total joint arthroplasty (TJA) patients with osteoarthritis (OA) in …

Biomechanical effects of joint line elevation in total knee arthroplasty

S Fornalski, MH McGarry, CNH Bui, WC Kim… - Clinical biomechanics, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Inadequate restoration of the knee joint line after total knee arthroplasty
may lead to a poor clinical outcome. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively assess …

Haemophilic knee arthropathy: long-term outcome after total knee replacement

PO Zingg, SF Fucentese, W Lutz, B Brand… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcome and prosthetic
survival of primary total knee arthroplasty in haemophilic patients. It was hypothesized that …

Ten-year survival of cemented total knee replacement in patients aged less than 55 years

ACM Keenan, AM Wood, CA Arthur… - The Journal of Bone …, 2012 - boneandjoint.org.uk
We report the ten-year survival of a cemented total knee replacement (TKR) in patients
aged< 55 years at the time of surgery, and compare the functional outcome with that of …