Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 92-96 , June 2010

Minimally Invasive Surgery Is Not a Risk Factor of Early Total Knee Arthroplasty Failure

  • Adolph V. Lombardi Jr., MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Joint Implant Surgeons, Inc., New Albany, OH, USA
    • Department of Orthopaedics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
    • Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, OH, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Adolph V. Lombardi Jr., MD, FACS, Joint Implant Surgeons, Inc, 7277 Smith's Mill Road, Suite 200, New Albany, Ohio 43054
    • ,
  • Keith R. Berend, MD

      Affiliations

    • Joint Implant Surgeons, Inc., New Albany, OH, USA
    • Department of Orthopaedics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
    • Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Joanne B. Adams, BFA

      Affiliations

    • Joint Implant Surgeons, Inc., New Albany, OH, USA

References 

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  2. Niki Y, Mochizuki T, Momohara M, et al. Is minimally invasive surgery in total knee arthroplasty really minimally invasive?. J Arthroplasty. 2009;24:499–504
  3. Lombardi AV, Viacava AJ, Berend KR. Rapid recovery protocols and minimally invasive surgery help achieve high knee flexion. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006;452:117–122
  4. Lombardi AV, Adams JB, Berend KR. Survivorship of a TKA system with optimized congruent contact and femoral/tibial interchangeability. In: Presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. San Francisco, CA. March 5-9, 2008;
  5. Berend KR, Lombardi AV, Mallory TH. Rapid recovery protocol for peri-operative care of total hip and total knee arthroplasty patients. Surg Technol Int. 2004;13:239–247
  6. Mallory TH, Lombardi AV, Fada RA, et al. Pain management for joint arthroplasty: Preemptive analgesia. J Arthroplasty. 2002;17(4 suppl 1):129–133
  7. Mallory TH, Lombardi AV, Fada RA, et al. Anesthesia options: Choices and caveats. Orthopedics. 2000;23:919–920
  8. Berend KR, Lombardi AV. Avoiding the potential pitfalls of minimally invasive total knee surgery. Orthopedics. 2005;28:1326–1330
  9. Lombardi AV, Berend KR, Mallory TH, et al. Soft-tissue and intra-articular bupivacaine, epinephrine and narcotic injection in knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2004;248:125–130
  10. Fu P, Wu Y, Wu H, et al. Efficacy of intra-articular cocktail analgesic injection in total knee arthroplasty—A randomized controlled trial. Knee. 2009;16:280–284
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 Competing interests. Some of the authors (A.V.L. and K.R.B.) have received payments from a company related to products discussed or presented in this study (Biomet, Inc.).

PII: S1045-4527(09)00102-3

doi: 10.1053/j.sart.2009.12.016

Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 92-96 , June 2010

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