A study led by Vinod Dasa, MD, Professor of Orthopaedics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, reports that a novel surgical pain management strategy following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), ...

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health, today ...

A new study from New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery suggests that a conservative recovery method, known as the “quiet knee” protocol, may improve outcomes after total knee replacement.

LAS VEGAS -- Knee replacement patients spent fewer days in the hospital and had improved pain scores after new protocol eliminated motor nerve blocks and reduced opioid medication use, researchers ...

The Canton-Potsdam Hospital in New York developed a pain protocol to benefit total knee replacement patients, according to North Country Now. The protocol consists of pre-operative pain relievers and ...

When a damaged knee impacts everything you do—even getting out of a chair or up and down stairs—you may have to consider knee replacement. Here's what you need to know.

Jewish Orthopaedic Care orthopedic surgeons and anesthesiologists have developed new protocol based on research to reduce the number of total joint replacement patients who require a blood transfusion ...

In a minority-predominant patient population, a standardized pathway for total knee arthroplasty was associated with improved outcomes with no change in postoperative complication rates. Objectives: ...

Patients having total knee arthroplasty treated with liposomal bupivacaine were discharged to their homes sooner and had a significantly shorter hospital stay compared with patients who did not ...

The knee is one of the largest and most complex joints in the human body. Your knees enable you to walk, run and play. They allow you to stand in place and bend ...

Avoiding infection in lower joint replacement surgery results in an average cost savings of about $100,000 per patient. The use of an alcohol-based nasal antiseptic before surgery lowers surgical site ...

The use of dilute betadine lavage prior to surgical closure reduced acute postoperative infection rates in total joint arthroplasty from 0.97% to 0.15%, according to a study comparing more than 2,000 ...