DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Orthopaedic Specialists, a leading practice in the Quad Cities, is proud to feature Dr. Brian McGowan, a fellowship-trained arthroplasty surgeon specializing in hip and knee ...
Sometimes, arthritis affects only one knee compartment. In these cases, your doctor may recommend a partial knee replacement, in which they will replace only the affected compartment. X-ray scan ...
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Partial vs Total Knee Replacement: Is One Superior?
Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) primarily affecting only one knee joint compartment did just as well with partial knee replacement (PKR) as with total arthroplasty after 10 years in a randomized ...
Do you have painful arthritis in your knees? Is it affecting the quality of your life? Are you considering total joint replacement? Dr. Spencer Amundsen – a fellowship-trained and board-certified ...
Craig Della Valle, MD, a hip and knee surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, recently announced the results of a study where he and colleagues from across the country compared ...
Among individuals with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis, those who underwent partial knee replacement demonstrated clinical outcomes and rates of reoperation and revision comparable to those who ...
Knee pain can stem from many different causes, but it’s often linked to arthritis—an inflammation of the joint. This inflammation can affect any of the knee’s three main components: the inner (medial) ...
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Both total and partial knee replacements deliver lasting benefits at 10 years, clinical trial finds
New research from a randomized clinical trial provides the strongest long-term evidence yet comparing partial (PKR) and total (TKR) knee replacements for patients with osteoarthritis. Published in The ...
Unicompartmental knee replacements are moving with increasing speed into the outpatient setting, despite the hesitancy on the part of some orthopedic surgeons to accept the procedure as a legitimate ...
HOUSTON – At 80-years-old, Deni Heller refused to let knee pain sideline her and a robotic partial knee replacement at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic helped her stay active. Heller, who has osteoarthritis, had ...
Whether partial versus total arthroplasty is the best for patients with unicompartmental osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee has long been debated. The so-called TOPKAT trial randomized patients to the ...
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