Delayed Onset of Peroneal Nerve Palsy After Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Peroneal nerve palsy (PNP) and peroneal nerve dysfunction (PND) are rare complications after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Although PND tends to manifest as transient lateral leg paresthesias that are associated with knee motion, PNP has characteristic motor deficits, including loss of ankle dorsiflexion and eversion strength. Although PND can manifest days, weeks, or months after surgery, delayed cases of PNP have not been well documented.

Load Sharing in the Femur Using Strut Allografts: A Biomechanical Study.

Background: Femoral strut allografts are used in revision hip arthroplasty for management of bone loss associated with implant failure or periprosthetic fractures. They have also been used to treat unremitting thigh pain in well-fixed cementless femoral stems, to address the differential in structural stiffness between the stem and femoral shaft. Our study used an in vitro biomechanical model to measure the effect of placement of allografts on femoral strains, to determine their load-sharing capacity.

Safety, Tolerability, and Effect on Opioid Use of Meloxicam IV Following Orthopedic Surgery.

Objective: A Phase 3 randomized multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (NCT02720692) compared once-daily intravenous (IV) meloxicam 30 mg to placebo, when added to the standard of care pain management regimens, in adults with moderate-to-severe pain following major elective surgery and concluded that meloxicam IV had a safety profile similar to placebo and reduced opioid consumption.

Methods: In this post hoc subgroup analysis of orthopedic surgery subjects, 379 subjects received meloxicam IV 30 mg or IV-administered placebo every 24 hrs for ≤7 doses. Safety was assessed via AEs, laboratory tests, vital signs, and ECG, with an emphasis on specific AEs, including injection site reactions, bleeding, cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, thrombotic, and wound healing events.

Pseudotumor Formation in a Metal-on-polyethylene Total Hip Arthroplasty Due to Trunnionosis at the Head-neck Taper.

We present here a case of pseudotumor formation likely due to metal wear debris generated at the head-neck taper (trunnion) of the femoral stem and head components in a metal-on-polyethylene (MOP) total hip arthroplasty. Over the last few years, this recently described diagnosis, trunnionosis, has been recognized and reported more frequently. This patient presented with a rather large (12-cm diameter) pseudotumor with accompanying loss of abductors and a pelvic discontinuity making reconstruction more challenging.

Lack of early dislocation following total hip arthroplasty with a new dual mobility acetabular design.

Dual mobility implant designs minimise the risk of dislocation without sacrificing range of motion. Between 1st September 2008 and 31st July 2011, 5 institutions examined early clinical outcomes of a new dual mobility bearing hip system implanted in 485 primary THAs in 452 patients. Patient demographics were 46% female, a mean age of 67 years and a mean BMI of 30.