Many patients who have a total joint replacement want to know how to have the best recovery and prevent infection. Infection occurs in 1-3 percent of patients nationally*. Some of these are avoidable ...

Rosemont, Ill. – The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) recently approved and released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections of ...

Avoiding infection in lower joint replacement surgery results in an average cost savings of about $100,000 per patient. The use of an alcohol-based nasal antiseptic before surgery lowers surgical site ...

As rare as shoulder sepsis, septic shoulder arthroplasty and infected shoulder arthroplasty can be, treating these conditions appropriately can result in pain relief and the return of good shoulder ...

A rinsing technique with betadine that costs just a little over one dollar per patient may significantly reduce the infection rate following total knee and hip joint replacement surgery, according to ...

Lucknow: Infection is a serious risk following knee and hip replacement surgery, requiring significant caution from both ...

San Francisco, Calif., February 7, 2012-Methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) infections are resistant to antibiotics and can cause a myriad of problems-bone erosion, or osteomyelitis, which ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — You probably know someone with a knee or hip replacement. If not, chances are you will, as demand for these surgeries is expected to continue growing. While widely successful, not all ...

Infection is among the most common yet difficult to diagnose causes of failure following total hip (THA) and knee arthroplasty (TKA). The diagnosis of infection can be challenging as the clinical ...

Patients who develop a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after a total hip replacement have more than a five-fold increased risk of mortality within 10 years, according to new research published in ...