Epidemiology of hip & knee replacement across Pakistan: Multicenter cross-sectional study.

Objective: To know about the predictive prevalence of hip and knee arthroplasty across Pakistan.

Methods: It is retrospective cross-sectional study with data collection from Pakistan National Joint Registry (PNJR) of number of hip and knee arthroplasty cases in seven years (2014-2021). Fourteen high volume centers across Pakistan who consented for data publication were included.

The Unusual Cause of Prosthetic Joint Infection: Outcomes of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Treatment Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Background: Nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) is a rare cause of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) following primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA). NTM causes a variety of infections, mainly divided into pulmonary and extrapulmonary infections. In Pakistan, there was a 7.

Mid-term results and survival rates following a single-design rotating hinge knee arthroplasty in non-tumor conditions in a Pakistani population.

Background: Information regarding the use of hinged implants in non-oncological conditions is limited in our region due to a lack of adequate data collection and follow-up. The purpose of this study is to evaluate mid-term results and risk factors affecting the survivorship of third-generation rotating hinge knee (RHK) patients in non-oncological conditions.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 41 single, third-generation, rotating hinge prostheses in three complex primary knee procedures and 38 revision knee surgeries in between 2007 to 2014.