arthroplasty

Knee replacement - design of the implants (prostheses)

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:21:57 -0700

I would like to draw attention to this excellent article on knee replacements. This should answer most questions about the design of the prostheses and what each kind of prosthesis is trying to achieve.

Preparing for knee replacement - practical issues

admin — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:31:04 -0700

Knee replacement surgery - an overview

admin — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:20:33 -0700

Arthroplasty (dictionary definition)

admin — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:56:09 -0700

Journal reviews on partial knee replacement

admin — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:24:58 -0800

Key articles on partial knee replacement, in date order of publication, that we have reviewed/interpreted for you include -

What are the chances of dying during a knee replacement?

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:28:39 -0700

Are you contemplating a knee replacement and want to know the raw facts? Like "what are the chances of actually dying from this procedure?".

A medical paper published in August 2001 (ref 1) examines this question in more than 22,000 consecutive knee replacement patients from the same organisation and the results suggest that: