Longer waits for PT raise odds of chronic opioid use in knee replacement: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 02, 2021
Chronic opioid use is less likely in patients who start physical therapy within 30 days of surgery and have at least six sessions, a new study finds.
One-third of knee replacements may be inappropriate, new study finds
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Jul 03, 2014
About one-third of knee replacement surgeries in the U.S. were classified as “inappropriate,” which is higher than expected, Virginia researchers assert in a new study.