Prevalence and Risk of Infection in Patients with Diabetes following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 120,754 Knees.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a known risk factor for infection following total joint arthroplasty. This study looked at the prevalence and risk of infection in diabetic and non-diabetic patients who had primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA). PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Science Direct electronic databases were searched for studies published up to 21 April 2022.

Comparison of the open kinetic chain and closed kinetic chain strengthening exercises on pain perception and lower limb biomechanics of patients with mild knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial protocol.

Background: Clinical recommendations suggest exercises as the main treatment modality for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). This study aimed to compare the effects of two different exercise interventions, i.e.

Intraoperative Patella Dimension Measurement in Asian Female Patients and Its Relevance in Patellar Resurfacing in TKA.

Background: Implants used for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in Asian patients are mostly produced based on anthropometry of the Western population, thus causing problem with patella sizing, especially in Asian females where the patellae are regarded to be smaller. This study is to define intraoperative patella dimensions in our female populations and compare them with current prosthetic systems available at our institution.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study involving 156 TKA female patients with normal patellae.

Irreducible dorsal dislocation of the interphalangeal joint of the big toe: a case report.

Irreducible dislocation of the interphalangeal joint (IPJ) big toe is a rare injury Hitori et al. (2006) . We report a case of the right big toe IPJ dislocation following a trauma.

Preoperative physiotherapy and short-term functional outcomes of primary total knee arthroplasty.

Introduction: Physiotherapy is an important part of rehabilitation following arthroplasty, but the impact of preoperative physiotherapy on functional outcomes is still being studied. This randomised controlled trial evaluated the effect of preoperative physiotherapy on the short-term functional outcomes of primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Methods: 50 patients with primary knee osteoarthritis who underwent unilateral primary TKA were randomised into two groups: the physiotherapy group (n = 24), whose patients performed physical exercises for six weeks immediately prior to surgery, and the nonphysiotherapy group (n = 26).

Two-year outcome of early deep MRSA infections after primary total knee arthroplasty: a joint registry review.

The aim of this study is to determine the success rate in eradication of early methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prosthetic joint infection. Rate of prosthesis retention and functional outcome between patients with prosthesis retention and prosthesis revision were compared. All patients who underwent primary total knee arthroplasty between May 1998 and September 2008 at our institution developing early deep MRSA infection were included.