Pain control after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective study comparing local infiltration anesthesia and epidural anesthesia.

Postoperative pain control after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a well-known clinical problem. Efforts to treat it with the use of local anesthesia have been made, but the results have been contradictive. In the late 1990s, an infiltrated solution of ropivacaine/ketorolac/adrenaline was shown to be effective for this purpose, and this technique has since spread over the world.

Implant migration and failure in total knee arthroplasty is related to body mass index and tibial component size.

Aseptic loosening of knee implants is multifactorial. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of body mass index and tibial component size on loosening and migration of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) implants. Six thousand five hundred forty-eight primary TKAs (anatomic graduated components) were studied with aseptic loosening as the end point.

All-polyethylene vs. metal-backed tibial component in total knee arthroplasty-a randomized RSA study comparing early fixation of horizontally and completely cemented tibial components: part 2. Completely cemented components: MB not superior to AP components.

Background: Uncertainty exists as to whether metal backing (MB) of the tibial component is better than an all-polyethylene component (AP). This is valid for both horizontally and completely cemented components. We evaluated completely cemented MB vs.

All-polyethylene vs. metal-backed tibial component in total knee arthroplasty-a randomized RSA study comparing early fixation of horizontally and completely cemented tibial components: part 1. Horizontally cemented components: AP better fixated than MB.

Background: Controversy still exists as to whether to mount the tibial bearing on a metal baseplate or not. Furthermore, the tibial component can be either horizontally or completely cemented. We evaluated metal backing versus all-polyethylene using horizontal cementing technique.