Periprosthetic Fracture (PPF): A fracture that occurs around a joint prosthesis, often complicating recovery after joint replacement surgery. Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA): A surgical procedure in ...
An orthopaedic surgeon discusses how this approach helps alleviate pain caused by joint injuries and chronic conditions.
I’ve had knee injuries in the past, and now I’m told I might need a partial knee replacement. Why would that be? What does it entail? Dear Reader: The knee is the largest and most complex ...
Knee and shoulder injuries commonly occur in sports. Knee injury accounts for 41% of all sports injuries. One fifth of them involve the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Other injuries include ...
A local surgery center in Missoula is utilizing robotic assisted technology in the operating room.“It’s not going to cut ...
Simple exercises can help prevent knee pain from derailing your routine, according to a physical therapist. Andrey Simeonovski, a physical therapy doctor, recently spent a week in Kathmandu as ...
KOLOA, Hawaii — With intraoperative femur fractures on the rise ... Barrack, MD, discusses the increased use of uncemented knee replacements performed with robotic-assistance.
For periprosthetic fractures in the knee following TKA, Liporace said there are several factors that will determine whether a distal femoral replacement is necessary. “We have to come up with an ...
Stemming from injuries that started piling up back in ... announced on Instagram that he did undergo a successful total knee replacement which appears to have taken place roughly toward the ...