Every year, thousands of knee and hip replacement patients develop debilitating infections after surgery. Researchers at the ...

Total knee replacement is an operation frequently needed by hemophilia patients, which greatly improves their quality of life. This operation, however, carries a higher risk of bleeding and infection ...

Sometimes, arthritis affects only one knee compartment. In these cases, your doctor may recommend a partial knee replacement, in which they will replace only the affected compartment. X-ray scan ...

Doctors typically give the antibiotic cefazolin to people who have knee and hip replacements in order to prevent infection. Some physicians have debated if adding another antibiotic — vancomycin — ...

A new study found patients receiving undergoing a total hip or knee replacement incurred a higher incidence of surgical site infections when they received general anesthesia for the procedure over the ...

The need for joint replacement in rheumatoid arthritis patients has waned since the advent of more effective treatments in the mid-2000s, but as a group, those who undergo this surgery remain at high ...

You can usually resume activities two to three months after surgery as tolerated, such as bowling, dancing, horseback riding, golf, doubles tennis, and skiing. You may resume these activities if you ...

Bob and Brad discuss how to treat knee bursitis at home, including suprapatellar, prepatellar, infrapatellar, and pes anserine bursitis.