Patients who had dental caries or implant placement one year before total knee arthroplasty have more complications, including heart attacks, according to a study published recently in the Journal of ...

Prosthetic joint implantations improve patients' quality of life but are associated with complications, including aseptic failure and prosthetic joint infection (PJI). Biofilms are the essential ...

Patients with artificial joints can be at risk for infections, and they can be challenging to treat. Dr. Tom Miller speaks Dr. Jeremy Gililand, professor of orthopedic surgery, about how such unique ...

During a knee replacement or knee arthroplasty surgery, doctors replace the knee joint with an artificial knee. In many cases, an artificial knee joint will last the rest of a person’s life. During a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA granted Osteal’s VT-X7 breakthrough therapy designation based on recent trial data. The investigational ...

Bacteriophages, or phages, may play a significant role in treating complex bacterial infections in prosthetic joints, according to new research. The findings suggest phage therapy could provide a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results of a study showed aspirin was linked with lower rates of early, deep prosthetic joint infection after ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011;9(9):787-802. Increased peripheral blood leukocytes, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein levels are neither sensitive or specific for PJI. After ...