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Quick Recovery with Robotic-assisted Knee Replacement
Just 4 days after robotic-assisted knee replacement surgery, our team made sure Jim Scott, a bladder cancer advocate and survivor, was still able to go to Ford Field to be recognized as part of the @detroitlionsnfl Crucial Catch game!
Robotic healing: Robot-assisted surgery on the rise in the US and India
Dr. Jason Davis looks at an X-ray image of a patient’s hips to determine the next steps in the process at HenryFord Hospital in Detroit.
AAHKS 2022 Clinical Research Award Recipient
In this episode of AAHKS Amplified, Digital Health and Social Media Committee chair Shaun P. Patel, MD speaks with AAHKS Clinical Research Award winner, Jonathan H. Shaw, MD. They are joined by fellow Digital Health and Social Media Committee member Joseph D. Maratt, MD, and the award-winning paper co-author, Jason J. Davis, MD. Dr. Shaw discusses his award-winning paper “Oral Dexamethasone Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial,” at the 2022 AAHKS Annual Meeting.
Henry Ford Health researchers look at steroids as pain control alternative to opioids
Results from a study by Henry Ford Health orthopedic researchers is the latest of several high-powered studies geared toward effectively managing pain and decreasing opioids use after total knee replacement surgery.
Awarded Study Seeks to Find if Oral Dexamethasone Following TKA Reduce Pain Scores
A presentation at the 2022 AAHKS Annual Meeting examined if oral dexamethasone has been shown to reduce pain in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) beyond a single preoperative dose, and extended duration of steroid use has precedent for nausea prevention during some chemotherapy regimens. This double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial investigates the postoperative effects and safety of oral dexamethasone as a potential augment to multimodal use in outpatient knee arthroplasty.