Background: Postoperative analgesia with the use of parenteral opioids or epidural analgesia
can be associated with troublesome side effects. Good perioperative analgesia facilitates …

The results of 106 high tibial valgus osteotomies in 85 patients were evaluated after a minimum
10-year followup to determine survivorship, complications, and risk factors associated …

More total knee arthroplasties are being performed than in the past, and as the population
ages, more and more are expected to be performed. As the total numbers of knee …

Extensor mechanism complications following 281 knee arthroplasties that included patellar
resurfacing, performed by two surgeons in one hospital over a 6-year period, were reviewed. …

Restoration of femoral offset and acetabular inclination may have an effect on polyethylene (PE)
wear in THA. We therefore assessed the effect of femoral offset and acetabular …

During total hip arthroplasty, femoral offset is restored in only 40% of patients. Increased
attention to techniques that ensure leg-length and offset restoration improve total hip …

Osteolysis induced by wear debris of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene has emerged
as a significant problem after total knee arthroplasty. The generation of polyethylene wear …

Periprosthetic fractures are being encountered with increasing frequency as the number of
primary total knee arthroplasties being performed increases. Management of these fractures …

Inadequate soft-tissue balancing is a major yet often underemphasized cause of failure for
primary and revision total hip arthroplasty. Accordingly, contemporary cemented and …

Eighteen patients with acute compartment syndromes below the knee were treated with four-compartment
fasciotomies using the double-incision technique. Pre-operative tissue …