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Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 11: FAQs About Total Joint Replacement Before The Surgery by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:12pm prevents you from maintaining your active lifestyle. What is minimally invasive total joint replacement? This surgery is not truly "minimally"invasive... will start having problems. TJR can wear out just like your normal knee, and the longer you have the joint replacement the greater the risk wear. Also, the modern implants Read on »

Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 8: Activities After Total Joint Replacement by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:12pm -impact Aerobics How Do I Get the Most Out of My Total Joint Replacement? Total joint replacements can "wear out" just like a normal hip or knee... prematurely wear out your total joint replacement. For these reasons, we encourage patients to focus on low impact activities when exercising. We know that the goal of a total Read on »

Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 12: FAQs About Total Joint Replacement After The Surgery by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:12pm What restrictions do I have after total joint replacement? There are very few restrictions for patients after surgery. The only activity we do not recommend for patients is jogging for exercise as it accelerates the wear on your new joint. Patients with hip replacements are told not to cross the operative leg over Read on »

Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 9: Routine Follow Up After Total Joint Replacement by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:12pm need to follow-up sooner: After Hip replacement: v Persistent groin or thigh pain v Feelings of looseness After Knee replacement: v Persistent knee pain Read on »

Joint Replacement Registry Should Help Doctors Keep Track of Implant Device Success and Failure by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Wed 28 Jul 2010 12:00am on the success of a total Joint Replacement Registry that Kaiser Permanente had developed. The paper states that, “Total Joint Replacement Registry was developed in a large community....” Read more about joint replacement registry and why it can help your doctor: Find care agencies to help you care for your loved ones: Jump start discussion in support Read on »

Data-Driven Consideration of Joint Replacement Surgery by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert

Posted Wed 07 Jul 2010 12:00am it is created. You can refer to a recent article for many more details about how to "get it right the first time" regarding joint replacement surgery (see: Getting a New Knee or Hip? Do It Right the First Time ). Below is an excerpt from it In the United States in 2007, surgeons performed about 806,000 hip and knee implants (the joints most commonly replaced Read on »

Kaiser Permanente Demonstrates Success of Large-Scale Total Joint Replacement Registry With Help from Health Connect PHR by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Thu 22 Jul 2010 6:25am , Calif.) – A total joint replacement registry based on carefully designed and integrated technology can enhance patient safety, quality of care, cost-effectiveness and research... Permanente’s Total Joint Replacement Registry– the nation’s largest such registry -- allows caregivers to analyze specific data from standardized forms and Kaiser Permanente Read on »

Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 13: Swelling and Bruising After Total Knee and Total Hip Replacement by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:12pm · You may have swelling and bruising around the knee or hip and down into the lower leg after your total joint replacement. · Bruising... exercising. This will help to minimize both the swelling and the bruising. After a total knee replacement, using your CPM (Continuous Passive Motion) will improve your range Read on »

Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 17: Will Your Total Knee Replacement Implant Activate Airport Metal Detectors? by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Sun 18 Jan 2009 1:54am that they have a replacement so that they could bypass public scanners and be checked by individual scanners in private. · If you have a total joint replacement check with your... · Researchers discovered that patients with total knee replacements (TKR) are more likely to set off the security scanners at airports due to the metal Read on »

Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 6: Surprising Statistics About Knee and Hip Replacement Surgery by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:12pm (from The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Volume 89-A, Number 12, December 2007) · The upward trends in the utilization of total hip and knee replacement between 1969 and 2003 detail the national need for these procedures. · The age and gender-adjusted incidence per 100,000 person-years significantly increased Read on »

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