A Geneva registry study points surgeons toward residual pain over functional limitation as the outcome that tracks patient satisfaction one year after hip or knee replacement.
Federal prosecutors allege that a Florida physician and research staff fabricated clinical trial records that were submitted into database systems used to evaluate investigational drugs.
Researchers urge caution in interpreting joint replacement predictors, noting that surgery reflects access and decision-making as well as disease biology.
In a UK cohort, patients with osteoarthritis who initiated centrally acting analgesics had a higher hazard of knee or hip replacement than those who initiated SSRIs, though residual confounding by pain severity remains a key limitation.
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Systematic review found robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty improved implant positioning precision without demonstrating better patient-reported outcomes or lower complication rates than conventional surgery.