Innovations in Genicular Outcomes Registry (IGOR): protocol for a real-world registry study of treatments for knee osteoarthritis.

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of disability among US adults and most commonly affects the knee. Guidelines for knee OA treatment include behavioral, nonpharmacological, pharmacological, and surgical interventions. While emerging knee OA treatments show promise for pain control, data gaps remain regarding the efficacy, safety, comparative effectiveness, and real-world value of treatments.

Lymphocyte to White Blood Cell Count Ratio an Independent Risk Factor for Heart Failure.

Objective: Heart failure affects 1-2% of the population in developed countries. Hemogram biomarkers are cheap, rapid, readily accessible and are known to have prognostic benefit in cardiovascular, infectious and oncologic diseases.

Methods: The aim of the current study is to evaluate lymphocyte-to-white-blood-cell ratio (LWR) as a prognostic predictor in patients with heart failure.

Knee osteoarthritis: disease burden, available treatments, and emerging options.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent condition that affects nearly 528 million people worldwide, including 23% of the global population aged ⩾40, and is characterized by progressive damage to articular cartilage, which often leads to substantial pain, stiffness, and reduced mobility for affected patients. Pain related to OA is a barrier to maintaining physical activity and a leading cause of disability, accounting for 2.4% of all years lived with disability globally, reducing the ability to work in 66% of US patients with OA and increasing absenteeism in 21% of US patients with OA.

No Decrease in Early Survivorship of Dual Mobility Implants in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty.

Background: Dual mobility (DM) implants in primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) have gained recent popularity; however, safety concerns persist. The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) assess trends in DM implant adoption; and 2) evaluate the impact of modular DM implants on dislocation and all-cause revision rates at short-term follow-up.

Methods: This retrospective study identified patients in our institutional arthroplasty database who underwent primary posterior approach THA for degenerative conditions from November 2013 to December 2020.

Cryoneurolysis Associated With Improved Pain, Function, and Sleep in Patients Following total Knee Arthroplasty: Use of a New Real-World Registry.

Background: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is performed on approximately 790,000 patients annually in the United States and is projected to increase to 1.5 million by 2050. This study aimed at assessing the use of preoperative cryoneurolysis on patients undergoing TKA by analyzing: (1) pain severity; (2) opioid use; (3) functional status; and (4) sleep disturbance (SD) over 6 months following discharge.