Publications by authors named "Vinod Padmanabhan"
Article Synopsis
- Effective pain management after total knee replacement (TKR) is crucial, especially for immunocompromised patients like those with rheumatoid arthritis, as it promotes quicker rehabilitation and patient satisfaction.* ! -
- A study involving 64 patients compared a special periarticular analgesic injection (Group A) with standard ropivacaine (Group B) during bilateral TKR, measuring pain levels and knee function at various intervals post-surgery.* ! -
- Results showed that patients receiving the analgesic cocktail had lower pain scores and required fewer rescue medications during the early recovery period, indicating better pain control and functional recovery compared to those who received only ropivacaine.* !
Background: The treatment options of bone loss with infections include bone transport with external fixators, vascularized bone grafts, non-vascularized autogenous grafts and vascularized allografts. The research hypothesis was that the graft length and intact ipsilateral fibula influenced hypertrophy and stress fracture. We retrospectively studied the graft hypertrophy in 15 patients, in whom vascularized fibular graft was done for post-traumatic tibial defects with infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe amount of blood loss in a primary cemented total knee arthroplasty (TKA) seems to vary in different reported studies. We carried out a prospective study to determine the factors affecting the peri-operative blood loss, hidden blood loss and blood transfusion requirements in a primary cemented total knee arthroplasty. The factors analysed were gender, diagnosis, tourniquet time and body mass index (BMI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOne hundred seventy-three knees in 117 patients with varus deformity exceeding 20 degrees were prospectively evaluated. Using selective posteromedial release, reduction osteotomy of posteromedial tibial flare, and extra-articular tibial osteotomy, with the preservation of medial collateral ligament integrity, mean tibiofemoral angle of 22.7 degrees varus preoperatively (range, 15 degrees-62 degrees) was corrected to 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComparison between two methods of drain clamping after total knee arthroplasty.
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
July 2005
Introduction: To study the clinical outcome of two methods of drain clamping after total knee arthroplasty and to determine the effect on blood loss and blood transfusion.
Patients And Methods: A prospective study involving 73 patients, randomized into two groups. Group 1 included patients in whom the drain was clamped for 1 h postoperatively, after which it was released and kept open for 48 h.