Same Day Surgery for Partial Knee Replacement — Presentation at American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons 2021, Dallas TX
Finally got the full video from our #AAHKS2021 presentation. Always honored to be a part of the discussion to improve care for our joint replacement patients.
What is Posterior Condylar Offset in Knee Replacement?
How do you choose the appropriate rotation of your total knee femoral component?
Survival of Partial Knee vs. Total Knee Replacements
When I see a #partialkneereplacement candidate in the office, I discuss the many benefits of partial knee compared with #totalkneereplacement
Distal Femoral Cut for Total Knee Replacement
The mechanical axis is found by drawing a line from the center of the femoral head through the center of the knee joint and down to the center of the ankle. Because we stand upright and our femur starts away from midline at the top to allow for rotational motion, the anatomical axis of the femur is in 6 degrees of valgus (on average) from the mechanical axis.
Guarantee for Total Joint Replacement
What does this mean? I’m not sure, the article doesn’t say specifically and I couldn’t find it on the website. I’m hoping someone from Geisinger or Medacta can get back to me with more info on the guarantee.
5 Questions Your Surgeon Will Ask You
When you go to see your joint replacement surgeon about hip or knee pain, be ready for them to ask you the following five questions. Each question is asked to determine specific bits of information to help us piece together the source of your pain and the best treatment options, even before we do a physical exam or look at your x-ray imaging.
Knee Ligament Anatomy Review for Knee Replacement
What ligaments do we take during knee replacement surgery? It depends what surgery you’re having!
Arthritis X-Ray Classification Video
In 1957 Kellegren and Lawrence release their landmark paper on a new x-ray classification system for arthritis. This system would become the gold standard after the World Health Organization adopted it as their arthritis classification in the 1960’s. At the time of the release of the K-L system, it was typical that only one x-ray was available to diagnose a patient, because the radiation doses were so high, it was risky to obtain multiple shots.
Partial Knee Candidate X-Ray Review
Review of knee X-ray from a patient with isolated medial side arthritis. An excellent #partialkneereplacement candidate.
