Background Knee replacements are the mainstay of treatment for end-stage osteoarthritis
and are effective. Given time, all knee replacements will fail and knowing when this failure …

Background Knee replacements are common and effective operations but patients that
undergo this intervention are at risk of needing subsequent costly and often complex …

The decision on whether to perform a total knee replacement in extremely elderly patients is
controversial. To assess the influence of age as an independent factor for early …

Potentially Appropriate Might Not Be the Most Appropriate: C... : JBJS Potentially
Appropriate Might Not Be the Most Appropriate: Commentary on an article by HMK …

The strain on clinic and surgeon resources resulting from a rise in demand for total knee
replacement (TKR) requires reconsideration of when and how often patients need to be …

The authors wish to update the survival estimate for unicondylar knee replacements (UKRs)
in terms of their construct brand. The patellofemoral (PFR) constructs Avon, FPV, Journey …

Abstract Background The UK National Joint Registry is the single largest joint registry in the
world enrolling 1.3 million patients and recently reaching 17 years of follow-up data. Current …

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 …

Purpose The purpose of this systematic review was to elucidate the optimal age for patients
undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA), to optimize the balance between the benefits and …

To the Editor: In the study reported by Skou and colleagues (Oct. 22 issue), 1 patients were
excluded if they had symptomatic knee osteoarthritis with pain scores higher than 60 mm on …