Patients and prescribers hold conflicting expectations about post-surgery pain and opioid use after hip and knee replacements, highlighting the need for clearer communication and guidance.
Total joint replacements in ASCs are increasing in popularity and becoming more common. The shift to value-based care, insurance coverage expansion and studies showing good patient outcomes in the ...
The NHS has launched a review after more than 10,000 knee replacement patients were fitted with a potentially faulty implant. The part failed up to six-times more often than would usually be expected, ...
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A federal appeals court vacated a $20 million jury verdict in a knee surgery device patent suit, according to an Oct. 7 report from Vital Law. The ...
If you suffer from joint pain, you know how it can greatly affect the quality of your life. The chronic aches, swelling or sharp pains in the hip or knee can keep you up at night, limit movement and ...
As total knee arthroplasty incidence rates increase, anesthesiologists have refined the related anesthesia and analgesia techniques, according to a study published in Local and Regional Anesthesia.