total knee arthroplasty

Smith+Nephew’s VISIONAIRE™ Patient-Specific Instrumentation shown to improve outcome measures for total knee arthroplasty compared with conventional instrumentation

March 14, 2023

Smith+Nephew, the global medical technology company, today announces a systemic literature review and meta-analysis of its VISIONAIRE Patient-Specific Instrumentation showing that its use leads to improvements in alignment accuracy, efficiency in surgical procedures, and reduction in length of hospital stay in comparison with conventional instrumentation. […]

Virtual physical therapy: A new horizon in ambulatory arthroplasty recovery

May 10, 2022

(MedCity News) – Discovering that a well-supported, evidence-based virtual physical therapy program produces the same functional and patient-reported outcomes as outpatient physical therapy—even for ambulatory TKA procedures—is a game-changer. […]

Study Finds Knee Replacement with Robotic Assistance Leads to Lower Complication Rate First 90 Days After Surgery

December 16, 2021

A study by Geoffrey Westrich, MD, and colleagues at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) found knee replacement performed with robotic assistance led to a lower complication rate in the first three months following surgery. […]

First Knee+ AR Surgery in the USA for Pixee Medical

November 2, 2021

Pixee Medical, a pioneer in digitally augmented surgery technology, announces that Dr Antonia Chen performed the first Knee+ surgeries in the USA at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. […]

HSS Study Could Help Surgeons Improve Mobility Outcomes After Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty

September 8, 2021

A new study by researchers at HSS in New York City presented today at the AAOS 2021 Annual Meeting could help physicians better manage patients who experience debilitating stiffness after they undergo knee replacement surgery. […]