The impact of osteoarthritis on the health care system is significant and continues to grow as our population ages. As there is no cure for degenerative joint disease (DJD), medical interventions... Read More
The current long-term success of total hip replacement (THR) surgery has led to the observation by Coventry[1] that “total hip replacement, indeed, might be the orthopaedic operation of the century... Read More
Partial knee replacements are a form of knee arthroplasty that doesn’t replace the entire knee (the femoral condyles, tibial plateau, and patella). These surgical interventions include the... Read More
Treatment for hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) aims to reduce pain, maintain or improve function, and, where possible, to slow the progress of the underlying disease. Although no medication has yet... Read More
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a noninflammatory form of arthritis. A common misconception is that OA is due solely to wear and tear, since OA is typically a disease of persons in the sixth decade and... Read More