September 11, 2026

Robotic knee surgery put to the test

RACER-Knee compared Mako-assisted and conventional total knee replacement across 10 hospitals in Great Britain.

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September 04, 2026

Inside the hip osteoarthritis microbiome

Investigators compared intra-articular microbial profiles and predicted metabolic pathways in patients with hip osteoarthritis and nonarthritic controls.

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August 31, 2026

How does IBD relate to joint infection risk?

Investigators assessed 90-day outcomes among patients with IBD who underwent elective total joint arthroplasty.

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August 21, 2026

Sex-based differences in hip replacement outcomes

A systematic review of more than 2.3 million patients found that women and men had different patterns of postoperative complications and recovery, with age and implant strategy modifying observed differences.

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August 21, 2026

Does kinematic alignment better restore gait in CPAK type 1 TKA?

Overall knee kinematics were similar between alignment strategies, but subgroup findings pointed to more physiologic gait with kinematic alignment.

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July 30, 2026

Top 10 Evidence-Based Essentials in Orthopedic Medicine

A structured framework of guidelines, trials, therapies, and tools used in clinical practice.

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July 07, 2026

Robotic TKA Showed No Revision Benefit

High-revision-rate surgeons saw a late revision signal after adopting robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty, despite no overall reduction in revision rates or failure modes.

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July 02, 2026

Transdermal NSAID Matches Oral Celecoxib After Knee Replacement

Randomized trial finds a topical anti-inflammatory patch provided similar pain relief, function, and safety as oral therapy during the first 6 weeks after surgery.

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June 22, 2026

PRP Linked to Better Outcomes in Advanced Knee OA

In a small open-label randomized trial, 2 platelet-rich plasma injections were associated with greater 6-month improvements in pain and function than corticosteroid injection or oral aceclofenac among patients awaiting knee arthroplasty.

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June 19, 2026

Pain Linked to Arthroplasty Satisfaction

A Geneva registry study points surgeons toward residual pain over functional limitation as the outcome that tracks patient satisfaction one year after hip or knee replacement.

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