Background: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of tibial cones in revision total knee arthroplasty.
Methods: A Markov model was used for cost-effectiveness analysis. The average cone price was obtained from Orthopedic Network News. The average cone aseptic loosening rate was determined by literature review. Hospitalization costs and baseline re-revision rates were calculated using the PearlDiver Database.
Results: The maximum cost-effective cone price varied from $3514 at age 40 to $648 at age 90, compared to the current average selling price of $4201. Cones became cost-effective with baseline aseptic loosening rates of 0.89% annually at age 40 to 4.38% annually at age 90, compared to the current average baseline loosening rate of 0.76% annually.
Conclusion: For the average patient, tibial cones are not cost-effective, but may become so at lower prices, in younger patients, or in patients at substantially increased risk of aseptic loosening.
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J Arthroplasty
January 2025
Rush University Medical Center, 1611 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL, 60612.
Background: Revision of a unicompartmental to a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is often compared to primary TKA with regard to its technical difficulty and complication rates. We sought to compare medical and surgical complications following revision unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) to those following primary TKA and aseptic revision TKA.
Methods: A national administrative claims database was queried for patients undergoing revision UKA between 2010 and 2019.
J Orthop Surg Res
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanxi Medical University Second Affiliated Hospital, Taiyuan, China.
Objective: This meta-analysis evaluates the comparative efficacy of lateral unicompartmental arthroplasty (UKA) versus medial UKA in treating unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis (KOA).
Methods: We systematically searched Cochrane, PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases from January 2000 to September 2024. Literature screening, quality assessment, and data extraction were conducted based on predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Mol Med Rep
March 2025
Department of Orthopedics, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450003, P.R. China.
Aseptic loosening (AL) of artificial hip joints is the most common complication following hip replacement surgery. A total of eight patients diagnosed with AL following total hip arthroplasty (THA) undergoing total hip replacement and eight control patients diagnosed with avascular necrosis of femoral head (ANFH) or femoral neck fracture undergoing THA were enrolled. The samples of the AL group were from synovial tissue surrounding the lining/head/neck of the prosthesis, and the samples of the control group were from the synovium in the joint cavity.
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January 2025
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Bone Joint J
January 2025
Department of Research, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Aims: Tibial fixation in revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) can present surgical challenges. It has been suggested that appropriate fixation in at least two of the three anatomical zones (epiphysis, metaphysis, and diaphysis) is essential for implant survival. However, supporting clinical data are lacking.
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