A study suggests GLP-1 medications may help delay or reduce knee replacement surgery in people with knee osteoarthritis, particularly with long-term semaglutide or tirzepatide use.

Before a patient can receive a hip or knee replacement at an ASC, someone must determine whether it is safe for them to go home the same day. The practice must know whether a caregiver will be waiting ...

A microscope can make an operation more intricate. It does not necessarily make the hospital more necessary. Vanessa Gabrovsky Cuéllar, MD, an orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon and physician partner ...

A New Zealand woman still waiting for a hip replacement at home had one at Hanoi's Viet Duc University Hospital and was ...

The first surgical robots were enormous, expensive and impractical. They belonged to a period when computers still felt like specialized machinery: powerful, promising and largely inaccessible outside ...

The reputation of spine surgery was built in another era. Patients still imagine a long incision down the back, muscles stripped from the spine and months spent recovering in a brace. For decades, ...

Total knee replacement surgery has long been known for a painful, extensive recovery, but a newer minimally invasive ...

Joint replacements are among the most common surgeries worldwide, and preventing blood clots is critical to recovery. A ...

In older people, knee osteoarthritis is a leading cause of long-term pain. As the damaged cartilage in the kneecap wears away, walking, climbing, standing for extended periods of time or other ...

A Finnish study followed patients for 10 years after they had a popular knee surgery. For many, the pain continued or even worsened.

Anesthesia choice during transcatheter aortic valve replacement is not associated with differences in mortality or most major complications within a year, except for heart failure.