Women Have Far Fewer Post-Surgery Complications

A study presented at the AAOS Annual Meeting by Bheeshma Ravi, MD, an orthopaedic surgery resident from the University of Toronto showed that women have fewer complications than men after hip or knee replacement surgery. Dr. Ravi used patient data from an Ontario...

First Arthroplasty Today Issue Published

Three case reports published to ArthroplastyToday.org today complete the first official issue of the newest publication from AAHKS: – “Novel fixation method of a periprosthetic fracture of the acetabulum using burr holes through the retained cup for locking...

Arthroplasty Today Launched

This week, the first articles were published to Arthroplasty Today. “I am thrilled to say that the first online, open-access arthroplasty journal is underway. I am certain that it will be useful for and well received by our membership,” said Brian J. McGrory, MD,...

NCHS Releases Hip Replacement Data

The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released data this month from the National Hospital Discharge Survey on hip replacements from 2000-2010. The data looks at the total number of hip replacements, the age distribution and rate of hip replacements in...

Research Published on Lupus and THA/TKA

The February issue of the Lupus journal features research by Sandeep Mukherjee, MD and co-investigators, “What is the risk of having a total hip or knee replacement for patients with lupus?” Dr. Mukherjee performed a retrospective matched case control study of all...
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