Seven hip joints and 7 knee joints were affected. Only 4 patients had risk factors for prosthetic joint infection (diabetes mellitus in 2, cancer in 1, and myelodysplasia in 1). The average time ...

For a hip replacement, an orthopedic surgeon removes the diseased parts of the hip joint and replaces them with prosthetic parts that mimic the function of the normal hip joint. The prosthetic ...

The following is a summary of “Frequency of haematogenous periprosthetic joint infection due to bacteraemia caused by ...

which is closer to the skin surface than is a hip replacement. In this particular patient, a novel approach was used to preoperatively predict sensitivity to her knee joint prosthesis: surgically ...

The University of Louisville is the first in Kentucky and the surrounding region to perform this surgery, which provides ...