Currently, there is no cure to prevent its progression, although certain damaged joints, such as fingers, knees and hips, can be treated
with joint replacement surgeries.
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If medicines haven't worked for you and if pain and loss of mobility is extreme, you may be a candidate
for joint replacement surgery, a commonly performed and generally successful operation.
A new study, published November 15, in the journal PAIN ® provides information on the trajectories of prescription drug use before and after hip - replacement surgery — total hip arthroplasty (THA), one of the most common types
of joint replacement surgery.
«Obese patients don't need to lose weight before total joint replacement, study finds: Long - term relief
from joint replacement surgery similar in obese and non-obese patients.»
A study published today as the lead article in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery determined that after lower
extremity joint replacement surgery a mobile compression device was just as effective as blood thinners in preventing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), but without negative side effects including bleeding complications.
«While evidence shows that
joint replacement surgery improves pain, function, and quality of life for the osteoarthritis patient, the impact of cardiovascular health has not been confirmed,» explains lead study author Yuqing Zhang, D.Sc., Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts.
Contrary to recent reports, Boston - based researchers found that osteoarthritis patients who had total knee or
hip joint replacement surgery, known as arthroplasty, were at increased risk of heart attack (myocardial infarction) in the early post-operative period.
Patients who received a
revision joint replacement surgery, a TJR following a fracture, patients with a history of blood clots, or patients taking hormone replacement therapy were excluded from the study.
Langdon & Emison continues to accept potential cases on behalf of patients who suffered serious infections after a knee, hip or
other joint replacement surgery.
Patients with diabetes are more likely to
need joint replacement surgery but also have a greater risk of serious complications after surgery, including heart attack, stroke, and wound infections, because of their underlying diabetes.
Using the scale as a benchmark, patients without a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cirrhosis have only a 3.1 percent probability of developing late, serious complications
following joint replacement surgery.
Research from The Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education at Scripps Clinic could change how patients are treated to prevent blood clots
after joint replacement surgery.
For patients undergoing
shoulder joint replacement surgery (arthroplasty), higher body mass index is linked to increased complications — including the need for «revision» surgery, reports a study in the June 7 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Only a few relatively small companies worldwide supply the technology
for joint replacement surgery, and a relatively low number of surgeons have the expertise and high - volume joint replacement practices to consistently perform the procedure with a high degree of proficiency and success.
While randomized clinical trials are the gold standard of clinical research, such trials are not feasible for testing anesthesia technique
in joint replacement surgeries, because the low incidence outcomes would require a huge number of patients.
«After
joint replacement surgery, smokers at increased risk of reoperation for infection.»
About 30 percent of the patients were taking opioids prior to
their joint replacement surgery.
This synthetic tissue could replace the cartilage in a person's body that naturally wears down and heals poorly (SN: 8/11/12, p. 22), alleviating joint pain and potentially sparing many people from having to undergo
joint replacement surgery.
The multicenter study, led by Scripps Clinic orthopedic surgeon Clifford Colwell, MD evaluated the efficacy of a mobile compression device that is small and portable enough for patients to use at home for 10 days or longer after
joint replacement surgery.
This means fewer patients are routinely being admitted to these units after
joint replacement surgery, resulting in lower overall costs without compromising patient safety as well as ensuring that relatively scarce critical care beds are available for those who truly need them.»
The only therapeutics currently available include treatments focused on pain control,
joint replacement surgery or mobility aides, such as canes, braces and walkers.
«Prior to our study, there was little to no consensus among orthopedic surgeons or rheumatologists on the optimal way to manage anti-rheumatic medication in patients having
joint replacement surgery, and this often led to uncertainty in decision - making for physicians and patients alike,» Dr. Goodman noted.
«Patients with rheumatic diseases who have
joint replacement surgery are at increased risk for joint infection, a potentially devastating complication,» said Susan Goodman, MD, co-principal investigator and a rheumatologist at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.