Robotic total knee replacement are hot terms together in medicine right now and a growing market making tremendous profits for the companies that make these units. This technology has entered the realm of total joint replacement with the goal of improving the accuracy...
Tourniquets have traditionally been used in knee replacement to reduce blood loss during the procedure. A tourniquet is like a blood pressure cuff that is put around the upper thigh. It is inflated to relatively high pressures in order to compress the femoral artery...
At King and Parsons we are committed to our patients’ outcomes, particularly early restoration of comfort and function. Most studies in the literature focus on one- and two-year results and cite that there are minimal long-term differences in approaches to joint...
A total knee replacement is a highly successful operation with excellent long-term survivorship. Problems like loosening and wear have been successfully addressed through implant design and the focus today is on facilitating rapid recovery to a high level of function....
As baby boomers are now reaching retirement age and as people are living longer than at any time in the past, the number of people undergoing total knee replacement has surpassed 500,000 annually in the United States. This number is projected to rise exponentially...
Total knee replacement is an increasingly common operation across the world with nearly 4-500,000 procedures performed in the United States annually many using Makoplasty. The profile of patients undergoing this operation has changed over the years along with who is...
