They generally put more demands on their joint, causing more wear and tear and potential loosening. The cemented knee implant used in a traditional joint replacement usually lasts 15 to 20 years.

Infection in the prosthetic knee joint (periprosthetic joint infection) was the most common reason for revision (25 percent of patients), and mechanical loosening was the cause in 18.5 percent of ...

ORLANDO, Fla., USA — Revision total knee arthroplasty was recommended for Rohrbach type 3 periprosthetic fractures in a presentation at the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Meeting ...

Despite the success of operative joint replacement, aseptic loosening of prosthetic implants can occur and 10% of all implants have to undergo operative revision within 15 years of the initial ...

Methods: To understand how overweight and obesity affect the outcome of knee arthroplasty, a population of subjects treated with cemented total knee arthroplasty between 2000 and 2005 was studied ...

The designers of the prosthesis reported a 98% 10-year survival rate for a combined series of phase 1 and 2 implants, and these findings were supported by published results from other series, with ...

Intraoperative histology has a high specificity and sensitivity when a septic prosthesis loosening is suspected. However, its usefulness to predict the presence of microorganisms when aseptic ...

Which patients are candidates for outpatient total hip and total knee arthroplasty? Many factors must be considered when selecting patients for same-day discharge total joint arthroplasty. Ensuring ...

The data collected by RIPO in the period 2000-2005 were analyzed so as to have at least an 18-month follow-up. The study was performed on patients treated by fully cemented total knee prosthesis ...