Although today’s implants are designed to last many years, it’s possible When a knee replacement no longer functions correctly, revision surgery is often required. During this procedure, a surgeon ...

Revision hip and knee replacements, long considered too complex, risky and expensive to move out of hospitals, are now entering a new frontier: ASCs for Medicare patients. A federal Medicare payment ...

Smith+Nephew announced that it conducted its first robotically guided revision procedures in patients who have undergone total knee replacements, using its Cori surgical system. Following the handheld ...

"These findings open new doors in the realm of revision knee arthroplasty," said Alexander Caughran, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery and co-author on the study. "We continue to ...

University of Queensland research has revealed Australians undergoing a knee replacement operation are at a higher risk of needing further surgery if they're obese. Researchers from The University of ...

A 40-year study by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) researchers has found that active young adults who underwent total knee ...

A hip or knee replacement can last 15 years on average, 30 years with newer technology. But sometimes a replacement might not hold that long when implants become loose or develop inflections. This is ...

The P.F.C.® Sigma® TC3 design is the most constrained device available within the P.F.C.® Sigma® Knee System and is indicated for use in cases where collateral ligaments are deficient. This ...

About once a month in my physical therapy practice, I hear something like "I need to have my knee replaced and my friend said I simply MUST go to the surgeon they went to in (insert downstate metro ...

Participants Any patient with infected knee replacement as defined by the study reviewed. Intervention Revision knee surgery where all infected tissue and components are removed and a new definitive ...

NEW ORLEANS, March 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- DePuy Synthes*, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies**, today announced the US launch of the ATTUNE ® Revision Knee System, to complement ...