Knee arthroplasty

Levy, O.L.. Martinowilz, U., Oran, A., Tauber, C. and Horoszowski, H., The use of fibrin tissue adhesive to reduce blood loss and the need for blood transfusion after total knee arthroplasty a prospective, randomized, mullicenter study. J. Bone Joint Surg.. 81A. 1580 (1999). 

Davies AF, Segar EP, Murdoch J, et al. Epidural infusion or combined femoral and sciatic nerve blocks as perioperative analgesia for knee arthroplasty. BrJ Anaesth. 2004 93 368-374. 

Lieberman JR, Hsu WK. Prevention of venous thromboembolic disease after total hip and knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint SurgAm. 2005 87 2097-2112. 

Colwell CW Jr, Berkowitz SD, Lieberman JR, et al. Oral direct thrombin inhibitor ximelagatran compared with warfarin for the prevention of venous thromboembolism after total knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2005 87 2169-2177. 

In a randomized, double-blind study, 64 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty received either intrathecal morphine 0.3 mg or intrathecal diamorphine, 0.3 mg in 0.3 ml, with 2-2.5 ml of 0.5% heavy spinal bupivacaine (3). The patients given morphine had significantly greater analgesia at 4, 8, and 12 hours postoperatively. The incidence of opioid-related adverse effects was not significantly different between the groups. 

Riad T, Williams B, Musson J, Wheatley B. Intrathecal morphine compared with diamorphine for postoperative analgesia following unilateral knee arthroplasty. Acute Pain 2002 4 5-8. 

Benoni G, Fredin H. Fibrinolytic inhibition with tranexamic acid reduces blood loss and blood transfusion after knee arthroplasty a prospective, randomised, doubleblind study of 86 patients. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1996 78(3) 434-40. 

Jansen AJ, Andreica S, Claeys M, D Haese J, Camu F, Jochmans K. Use of tranexamic acid for an effective blood conservation strategy after total knee arthroplasty. Br J Anaesth 1999 83(4) 596-601. 

Epidural solutions containing 0.125% levobupivacaine with and without fentanyl 4 micrograms/ml produced a greater degree of motor blockade only in the first 6 hours of patient-controUed epidural analgesia compared with fentanyl alone in groups of 22 patients after total hip or knee arthroplasty (138). 

Silvasti M, Pitkanen M. Patient-controlled epidnral analgesia versus continuous epidural analgesia after total knee arthroplasty. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2001 45(4) 471-6. 

Cole PJ, Craske DA, Wheatley RG. Efficacy and respiratory effects of low-dose spinal morphine for postoperative analgesia following knee arthroplasty. Br J Anaesth 2000 85(2) 233-7. 

Only three of 422 patients treated with a single dose of teicoplanin for antimicrobial prophylaxis during hip or knee arthroplasty (400 mg by intravenous bolus at the time of anesthesia) reported adverse events compared with nine of 424 patients treated with five doses of cefazo-line one had nausea and two had erythema (7). Six patients given teicoplanin had surgical wound infections, and 57 had proven or suspected infections involving other body systems. 

Voigt, J.D. and Mosier, M. (2011) Hydroxyapatite (HA) coating appears to be of benefit for implant durability of tibial components in primary total knee arthroplasty. Acta Orthop., 82 (4), 448-459. 

Barralet JE, Best SM, Bonfield W (2000) Effect of sintering parameters on the density and microstiucture of carbonated apatite. JMater Sci Mater in Med 11 719-724 Bellemans J (1999) Osseointegration in porous coated knee arthroplasty. The influence of component coating type in sheep. Acta Orthop Scand 288 1-35... 

Dixon MC et al (2005) Modular fixed-bearing total knee arthroplasty with retention of the posterior cruciate ligament. A study of patients followed for a minimum of fifteen years. J Bone Joint Surg Am 87(3) 598-603... 

Smith, A.J., Lloyd, D.G., and Wood, D.J., Pre-surgery knee joint loading patterns during walking predict the presence and severity of anterior knee pain after total knee arthroplasty, /. Orthop. Res., 22,260,2004. 

Surgical tecbniques in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and alternative procedures... 

Blunn G.W, A.B. Joshi, R.J. Minns, et al. 1997. Wear in retrieved condylar knee arthroplasties. A comparison of wear in different designs of 280 retrieved condylar knee prostheses. / Arthroplasty 12 281-290. 

Collier J.P., D.K. Sperling, J.H. Currier, et al. 1996. Impact of gamma sterilization on clinical performance of polyethylene in the knee. Arthroplasty 11 377-389. 

Ries M.D., K. Weaver, and N. Beals. 1996. Safety and efficacy of ethylene oxide sterilized polyethylene in total knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop 331 159-163. 

THA, total hip arthroplasty TKA, total knee arthroplasty TSA, total shoulder arthroplasty. 

The data plotted in Figure 5.2 indicate that approximately 36 to 37% of primary tofal joinf procedures are performed for fhe hip and opposed fo the knee, and this ratio is not expected to change substantially over the next 30 years. Although total hip arthroplasty (THA) is performed less offen than total knee arthroplasty, the clinical performance of fhe hip has been sfudied to a much greater extent than that of the knee. Consequently, the focus of this chapter is on the clinical performance of THA. 

McClung C.D., C.A. Zahiri, J.K. Higa, et al. 2000. Relationship between body mass index and activity in hip or knee arthroplasty patients. J Orthop Res 18 35-39. 

Peters P.C., Jr., G.A. Engh, K.A. Dwyer, and T.N. Vinh. 1992. Osteolysis after total knee arthroplasty without cement. / Bone Joint Surg 74 864 -866. 

Tharani R., F.J. Dorey, and T.P. Schmalzried. 2001. The risk of cancer following total hip or knee arthroplasty. / Bone Joint Surg 83-A 774-780. 

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