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New total knee replacement statistics show rates for the surgery are soaring. With drastically increasing rates in the numbers of total knee replacements, comes the likelihood that the health care system, including patients, orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists and other providers, will need to address growing numbers of complications from the surgery and implants. According [...] New research presented Tuesday, Feb 7 at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons suggests total knee replacement may do more than relieve pain and disability among elderly patients with osteoarthritis. Resurfacing the worn knee joint with total knee replacement surgery also might lower patients’ probability of heart failure and death. [...] Patients who are about to undergo surgical procedures, such as a total joint replacement, might neglect to tell their surgeons if they take herbal supplements. Many people think that because these supplements are considered natural or homeopathic they don’t need to mention taking them. But a new review of the literature suggests this is a dangerous misconception. In fact, many herbal remedies, including feverfew, St. John’s Wort, glucosamine and black cohosh, could have serious and potentially harmful side effects when combined with medications prescribed during and after surgery, according to a review article in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. [...] A new study suggests that patients who have total knee replacements on both knees in one procedure had fewer prosthetic joint infections, as well as other knee revision operations, within one year after surgery compared to patients who had both their knees done as separate procedures. However, those patients that had both knee joints replaced at the same time also had a higher risk of heart attack or pulmonary embolism within 30 days after surgery. [...] |
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