Knee Replacement News

'Replacing arthritic knees is cost-effective' Knee replacement surgery is expensive but worth the cost, especially if performed by experienced surgeons, United States researchers said.

Findings from Duke researchers demonstrate the positive impact of surgery on health-related quality-of-life outcomes and maintenance of independent lifestyles DURHAM, NC-According to a new study from researchers at Duke University, total knee arthroplasty procedures performed in older patients with osteoarthritis of the knee result in long-term, ...

A finding that knee replacement surgery is a cost-effective way to treat severe osteoarthritis in older adults is encouraging news, says Dr.

Each year nearly 500,000 total knee replacements are performed in the US at a cost exceeding $11 billion.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons offers experts for comment on new study finding, which determined that knee replacements are cost effective and pain-reducing procedures for elderly patients.

Knee replacement surgery is expensive but worth the cost, especially if performed by experienced surgeons, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Fire, cancer, pneumonia, knee replacements, drug addiction, hepatitis, and whatever undisclosed surgery guitarist Brad Whitford is currently recovering from.

The Wait Time Alliance has given Saskatchewan a C grade for meeting hip replacement surgery benchmarks and an F for knee replacements.

Don Samuelson limped into John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital on Monday, his left knee buckling from arthritis pain that has plagued him for more than a year.

Jun 18, 2009 4:21 pm US/Eastern Reporting Dr. Max Gomez 1 of 1 New technologies have made knee replacements less invasive, and have made the procedure a possibility for younger patients who were previously discouraged from getting it done at a young age.

Government efforts to slash health-care waiting times across the country have failed to target a wider range of clinical procedures, says a coalition of medical specialists.

Eugene Jacob, MD, orthopedic surgeon recently performed Baptist Hospital Northeast's first OtisKnee replacement surgery on Roy Lyons of Shelby County.

PET accurately detects hard-to-diagnose infections following knee replacement, say researchers at SNM's 56th Annual Meeting TORONTO-A new study reveals that PET scans accurately detect infections in prosthetic knee joints more than 90 percent of the time, according to researchers at the SNM's 56th Annual Meeting.

The orthopedics industry is benefiting from advances in technology that allow a patient-specific, just-in-time approach to knee replacement.

NY1's Shazia Khan filed the following Health Report. Patty Schluter, 49, remembers the pain in her knee all too well.

Greater numbers of younger patients are turning to joint replacements, or arthroplasty, to ease their pain.

St. Vincent's Medical Center in Riverside performed more joint replacements than any other hospital in Florida last year, according to a news release.

Men, women and children are being urged to put their best foot forward in aid of medical research.

BANGALORE: It has been only 10 months since he underwent knee replacement surgery for both his knees at Wockhardt Hospitals.

Hip and knee replacements have changed the way many spend their golden years. New wrists may do the same.