MoM Research Shows Revisions Increasing

Jan 25, 2018 | Research

Researchers using data from the National Joint Registry (NJR) for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man studied five-year revision rates for patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty after 2007. They compared data with that of patient who had...

Norwegian Study Investigates Metabolic Syndrome

Jan 12, 2018 | Research

A study published this month in Clinical Epidemiology, “Metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for total hip or knee replacement due to primary osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study,” used data from the HUNT2 Study and the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register to conclude...

Study Published on Same-Day, Inpatient Surgery

Dec 15, 2017 | Research

A study published last week in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery compared the morbidity between same-day and inpatient total hip and total knee replacement surgeries. The authors used registry data from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. “No...

FARE Applications Due in February

Dec 8, 2017 | Foundation, Research

The Foundation for Arthroplasty Research and Education (FARE) grant application reviews will begin in February. We invite you to participate by sharing a research idea for consideration of a FARE grant. Initial proposals will be reviewed by the AAHKS Research...

OA Study Shows How Patients Treat Hip/Knee Pain

Dec 1, 2017 | Research

MedPage Today reported, “Osteoarthritis (OA) patients may be underusing physical therapy, knee joint injections, and topical creams to treat pain and other symptoms, according to the results of a secondary analysis of three clinical trials in North Carolina. Across...

FARE Grant Awarded at Annual Meeting

Nov 10, 2017 | Research

AAHKS President, Mark I. Froimson, MD, MBA announced at the 2017 AAHKS Annual Meeting that Noam Shohat, MD of the Rothman Institute is the recipient of the second Foundation for Arthroplasty Research and Education (FARE) grant. His study, “Fructosamine as a Predictor...