• Clin. Geriatr. Med. · Aug 2006

    Review Historical Article

    Hip and knee arthroplasty in the geriatric population.

    • Selvon F St Clair, Carlos Higuera, Viktor Krebs, Nabil A Tadross, Jerrod Dumpe, and Wael K Barsoum.
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
    • Clin. Geriatr. Med. 2006 Aug 1; 22 (3): 515-33.

    AbstractOsteoarthritis is the leading cause of hip and knee pathology in the geriatric population. Hip and knee arthroplasty are the definitive interventions to alleviate pain and restore physical functioning. Complications related to these procedures do occur: the most com-mon of these are infection, thromboembolism, dislocations, and periprosthetic fractures. New improvements related to minimally invasive and computer-assisted navigation surgery techniques are promising and already have shown excellent outcomes in patients exposed to joint arthroplasty.

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