Kristine Houck

Orthopedic surgeons are facing an urgent challenge. The meaning behind “value-based care” has been corrupted in terms of the care provided by orthopedic surgeons.

SAN DIEGO — Patients who were hospitalized during the omicron variant wave were less likely to develop AKI compared with patients who had previous

SAN DIEGO — Access to home dialysis among patients with disabilities with end-stage kidney disease decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data presented here at ASN Kidney Week.

SAN DIEGO — Kidney transplant recipients who experience more bodily pain have less involvement and ability to participate in social activities than kidney transplant patients who report less pain, according to data at ASN Kidney Week.“The clinical implication is that chronic pain is a very relevant issue which requires more clinical attention. Management of chronic pain is a complex

SAN DIEGO — Researchers reported a sudden decrease in all-cause hospitalization at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there was an increase in all-cause mortality in patients on maintenance dialysis.

SAN DIEGO — Blood volume monitoring may lead to shorter hospital stays and fewer readmissions for adults with end-stage kidney disease and heart failure, data show.

DALLAS —Successful manipulation under anesthesia with or without lysis of adhesion after total knee arthroplasty may provide a gain of 30° of knee flexion, according to data presented here.

DALLAS — While rare, vascular injuries during total knee arthroplasty do occur, with the most common being injury to the popliteal artery, according

DALLAS —Patients who did not have patella resurfacing at the time of total knee arthroplasty had increased revision rates, according to data presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting.

The new president of the United States will have urgent issues to address, including a health care crisis marked by unsustainable costs without corresponding improvement in quality.