Not exact matches
«If smoking is associated
with elevated perioperative risk of readmission and / or reoperation, then it may be reasonable to engage the patient in a smoking cessation program prior to total joint
arthroplasty,» Dr. Austin and coauthors write.
«This study, for the first time, shows that the use of regional anesthesia improves outcomes in patients
with sleep apnea undergoing total joint
arthroplasty.
The results suggest that the risk of revision surgery and most other complications of shoulder
arthroplasty increases along
with BMI in obese patients.
Surgical management, considered as a last resort, includes removing the diseased disk, and fusion (locking one bone to another bone) or total disk
arthroplasty (replacing the diseased disk
with an artificial device).
In a new study, «Driving Performance after Total Shoulder
Arthroplasty,» the driving skills of 28 shoulder replacement patients,
with a mean age of 65 ± 10 years, were tested at four distinct time points before, during and after surgery using a driving simulator.
Genotype - guided warfarin dosing for patients undergoing elective hip or knee
arthroplasty resulted in a reduced risk of the composite of major bleeding, elevated international normalized ratio (INR), venous thromboembolism (VTE), or death compared
with clinically guided dosing, according to results of the Genetic Informatics Trial (GIFT) published in JAMA.
A month into our new house found me
with nagging all - over-body pain from osteoarthritis, not to mention I had had bi-later hip
arthroplasty 2 months ago.
Total knee
arthroplasty (TKA) for preservation of ambulation is indicated in young adults
with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA).