Using data collected on total hip replacements and total knee replacements in Alberta, a recent quality improvement study found significant variation in the post-operative surgical site infection (SSI) rates reported …
Bilateral Joint Replacement: Should You Just Get it Over With?
Some patients have end-stage osteoarthritis in both hips or both knees at the same time. When this occurs, the specialist and patient must collectively decide whether to proceed with replacing …
From Breakaways and Body Checks to a Bone-on-Bone Knee Joint – Community Focus
Collaboration Along the Care Journey “It’s a different life now, but I still have lots of fun.” Imagine. You’ve been involved in sport longer than you can remember. As you’ve …
White Paper – The Osteoarthritis Crisis in Alberta: Access, Quality, and Long-Term Planning
As healthcare providers, policy makers and planners wrestle with the complex task of addressing timely and appropriate access to health care in the province, Albertans are increasingly waiting well beyond …
Is Knee Replacement the Best Course? BEST Knee Study Will Help Surgeons Assess Likelihood of Patient Benefit
Close to 2,800 Albertans with painful knee arthritis have been recruited to a study that is developing more accurate ways to determine who is suitable for knee replacement and who …
Karin Greaves Memorial Education Seminar – Understanding Pain, Depression and Anxiety with Total Joint Arthroplasty
The Karin Greaves Memorial Education Seminar on Saturday, November 19, 2016, offers clinicians a full day of formal education sessions directed specifically at assessing and treating joint arthroplasties. Thinking Outside …