…After adjusting for all pertinent variables, investigators found a revision TKA patient was 4.1-times more likely to be obese in 2011 and 4.5-times more likely to be obese in 2012 than in 2002…… Read the Rest
LAHAINA, Hawaii?? 2008 – Performing total knee arthroplasty using custom-fit femoral and tibial cutting guides can be effective for restoring natural alignment and motion to a valgus knee, said one surgeon, Stephen M. Howell.
This custom-fit total knee arthroplasty (TKA) approach is also effective at … Read the Rest
April 2008
SAN FRANCISCO – Patients typically experience an increase in limb length after undergoing total knee arthroplasty, according to a study presented here…
…Jason E. Lang, MD, and colleagues investigated changes in limb length occurring after TKA performed in 102 knees of 98 patients…
…Overall, 82 of the 102 … Read the Rest