Background: Topical application of tranexamic acid to bleeding wound surfaces reduces
blood loss in patients undergoing some major surgeries, without systemic complications. The …

Inadequate soft-tissue balancing is a major yet often underemphasized cause of failure for
primary and revision total hip arthroplasty. Accordingly, contemporary cemented and …

Objective The incidence of patient-reported dissatisfaction following total joint arthroplasty
can be up to 30%. Our aim was to identify the preoperative patient-level predictors of patient …

We asked the question of what are the patient level predictors (age, gender, body mass index,
education, ethnicity, mental health, and comorbidity) for a sustained functional benefit at a …

The efficaciousness of topical tranexamic acid use at the end of knee arthroplasty surgery to
reduce blood loss and transfusion requirements has previously been shown. The aim of this …

Total joint arthroplasty can be associated with major blood loss and require subsequent blood
transfusions for postoperative anemia. Measures to effectively and safely decrease blood …

Inadequate soft-tissue balancing is a major yet often underemphasized cause of failure of
primary and revision total hip arthroplasty1-3. Accordingly, contemporary cemented and …

Our objectives were: (1) to assess the relationship between self-reported measures (Western
Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and Medical Outcomes …

Objective. Patients with an elevated systemic inflammatory state are known to report greater
pain with knee osteoarthritis (OA). We investigated the influence of risk factors of metabolic …

Obesity has been identified as a risk factor for the development of hip and knee osteoarthritis
(OA) and may play a role in exacerbating existing disease. Therefore, we hypothesized that …