June 09, 2026

Lower BMI, Lower Joint Replacement Risk?

Researchers urge caution in interpreting joint replacement predictors, noting that surgery reflects access and decision-making as well as disease biology.

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June 09, 2026

Mechanical TKA Alignment Has Most Data

Personalized alignment strategies have not yet accumulated comparable long-term survivorship evidence.

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June 01, 2026

CAA Use Tied to Higher Arthroplasty Risk

In a UK cohort, patients with osteoarthritis who initiated centrally acting analgesics had a higher hazard of knee or hip replacement than those who initiated SSRIs, though residual confounding by pain severity remains a key limitation.

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May 21, 2026

Rehab May Improve Function in AS

Supervised rehabilitation and exercise-based therapies may improve function, pain, and bone health in ankylosing spondylitis, according to a new review.

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May 14, 2026

Culture Mismatch Common in Joint Infections

Multicenter study suggests variability across centers and higher mismatch in certain clinical settings.

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May 13, 2026

Preop Cognitive Impairment Tied to TKA Delirium

Older patients with documented cognitive impairment also experienced greater postoperative functional decline following elective total knee arthroplasty

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May 13, 2026

Robotic Hip Arthroplasty May Improve Precision

Systematic review found robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty improved implant positioning precision without demonstrating better patient-reported outcomes or lower complication rates than conventional surgery.

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May 08, 2026

Fabricated Citations Are Reaching Medical Journals

A large audit of biomedical publications suggests fabricated references are increasingly appearing in peer-reviewed papers — often in ways that are difficult for reviewers and readers to detect.

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May 06, 2026

Not All Hips Follow the Same Rules in THA

Dynamic modeling suggested flatback deformity lowered target combined anteversion, while stiff pelvic mobility narrowed the acceptable range

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May 06, 2026

Obesity Not Associated With Worse Long-Term TAR Outcomes

A long-term cohort study found that obesity was not associated with worse patient-reported outcomes or higher reoperation rates following total ankle replacement in optimized surgical candidates.

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