Emergency Department Visit Within One Year Prior to Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty Is Predictive of Postoperative Return to Emergency Department Within 90 Days.

Background: The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, developed by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, aims to improve the quality of joint replacement. Metrics including emergency room visit rates after primary total knee and total hip arthroplasty (TKA and THA) are of particular interest. The purpose of this study is to determine if preoperative emergency department (ED) visits are predictive of postoperative ED visits among patients undergoing elective THA or TKA.

Septic Arthritis of the Nonoperated Knee: A Case Report.

, a gram-positive bacillus with low pathogenicity, is an uncommon but known cause of prosthetic joint infections, particularly related to shoulder surgery. , however, is an extremely rare pathogen in the nonoperated knee joint. This report details an uncommon case of septic knee arthritis after multiple intra-articular steroid injections in a 56-year-old male patient.