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Knee replacement may lower a patient’s risk for mortality and heart failure

February 7, 2012
New research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) highlights the benefits of total knee replacement (TKR) in elderly patients with osteoarthritis, including a lower probability of heart failure and mortality.

AJRR selects Remedy Informatics to build national hip and knee replacement registry

February 7, 2012
The American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) has selected Remedy Informatics, the leading provider of registries for Life Science, to build a registry to collect data on all primary and revision total joint replacement procedures in the United States. Representatives from AJRR and Remedy Informatics will unveil the new registry at ...

Knee replacement may lower a patient’s risk for mortality and heart failure

February 7, 2012
(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) New research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons highlights the benefits of total knee replacement.

Blood Clots After Hip Or Knee Replacement – Study Looks At Prevalence

January 19, 2012
According to a study in the January 18 issue of JAMA, approximately 1 in every 100 patients undergoing knee replacement surgery, and 1 in every 200 patients undergoing hip replacement surgery who use current preventive medications for venous thromboembolism (VTE; a blood clot that develops within a vein that ...

Analysis Examines Rate Of In-Hospital Blood Clots Following Hip Or Knee Replacement

January 18, 2012
According to a study in the January 18 issue of JAMA reveals, approximately 1 in every 100 patients undergoing knee replacement surgery and 1 in every 200 patients undergoing hip replacement surgery who use current preventive medications for venous thromboembolism (VTE; a blood clot that develops within a vein ...

Knee Replacements Soar Among The Under-60s, Finland

January 17, 2012
A new study published online on 17 January in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism reports that rates of knee replacement surgery in Finland's 30 to 59-year-olds soared between 1980 and 2006, with women being the more common recipients throughout. Lead author Dr. Jarkko Leskinen, an orthopedic surgeon ...

Knee replacement surgery incidence soars in those over age 50

January 17, 2012
Researchers in Finland found that annual cumulative incidences of partial and total knee arthroplasty, commonly known as knee replacement surgery, rose rapidly over a 27-year period among 30 to 59 year-olds in that country, with the greatest increase occurring in patients aged 50 to 59 years. According to the study ...

Knee Arthritis May Speed Up Process Linked to Cell Aging

January 17, 2012
TUESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A process linked to natural cell aging has now also been associated with knee osteoarthritis, researchers say. Telomeres -- lengths of DNA on the ends of chromosomes, sometimes described as being like the plastic cap on a shoelace tip -- naturally shorten with ...

Knee replacement surgery incidence soars in those over age 50

January 17, 2012
Researchers in Finland found that annual cumulative incidences of partial and total knee arthroplasty, commonly known as knee replacement surgery, rose rapidly over a 27-year period among 30 to 59 year-olds in that country, with the greatest increase occurring in patients aged 50 to 59 years. According to the study ...

Knee Replacement Surgery Incidence Soars In Those Over Age 50

January 17, 2012
Researchers in Finland found that annual cumulative incidences of partial and total knee arthroplasty, commonly known as knee replacement surgery, rose rapidly over a 27-year period among 30 to 59 year-olds in that country, with the greatest increase occurring in patients aged 50 to 59 years. According to the study ...

Incidence of knee arthroplasty higher in women, finds study

January 17, 2012
Researchers in Finland found that annual cumulative incidences of partial and total knee arthroplasty, commonly known as knee replacement surgery, rose rapidly over a 27-year period among 30 to 59 year-olds in that country, with the greatest increase occurring in patients aged 50 to 59 years.

Knee replacement surgery incidence soars in those over age 50

January 17, 2012
(Wiley-Blackwell) Researchers in Finland found that annual cumulative incidences of partial and total knee arthroplasty, commonly known as knee replacement surgery, rose rapidly over a 27-year period among 30- to 59-year-olds in that country, with the greatest increase occurring in patients aged 50 to 59 years. According to the study ...