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• Efficacy of Lower Limb Wearables to Assess Recovery Following Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Posted on: 17 November, 2025

  The purpose of this review was to assess the use of lower-limb wearable sensors in monitoring total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) recovery. Outpatient postoperative assessment routinely focuses on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), which can be limited by ceiling effects and subjective reporting. Wearable sensors provide objective, real-time, remote data, enabling recovery tracking, rehabilitation protocol adjustments, and patient exercise adherence. Lower-limb sensors are particularly useful, as close proximity allows monitoring of clinical outcomes specific to the affected joint.

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• Successful management of PJI occurred in about 50% of patients

  Posted on: 17 November, 2025

  Results presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting showed successful management of periprosthetic joint infection occurred in a little more than half of cases after total joint arthroplasty.

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• In-Hospital Exposure and Opioids Prescribed After Total Knee Arthroplasty

  Posted on: 17 November, 2025

  Opioids are frequently used intraoperatively and during post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) care in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) cases and are commonly prescribed after surgery despite known adverse effects. This study examined whether in-hospital opioid exposure is related to postoperative opioid prescribing in opioid-naïve TKA patients.

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• Clinical Implications of Post-operative Haemoglobin Levels in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

  Posted on: 17 November, 2025

  Current trends towards minimally invasive surgery and enhanced recovery encourage patients to mobilise and be discharged on the same day following total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA). The aim was to evaluate the value of current practice in measuring day 1 postoperative haemoglobin levels and stratify patient groups for whom this may be useful.

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• FDA Approves Arthroscopic Knee Cartilage Repair

  Posted on: 25 October, 2024

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a request for a supplemental Biologics License Application for the repair of knee cartilage defects using arthroscopic delivery of the autologous cultured chondrocytes on a porcine collagen membrane.

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