Elective arthroplasty on “high-risk” calendar dates: no evidence for worse outcomes in 43,000 procedures

• by Nike Walter, David W. Lowenberg, Christian Heiss, Edmund C. Lau, Markus Rupp

• August 22, 2026

Sex-based differences in hip replacement outcomes

A systematic review of more than 2.3 million patients found that women and men had different patterns of postoperative complications and recovery, with age and implant strategy modifying observed differences.

• by Andrea Surnit

• August 21, 2026

• 4 min

Robotic TKA Showed No Revision Benefit

High-revision-rate surgeons saw a late revision signal after adopting robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty, despite no overall reduction in revision rates or failure modes.

• by Andrea Surnit

• July 7, 2026

• 4 min

Only a partial shield: local vancomycin postpones but does not prevent hip and knee prosthetic infections

• by Alexander Darup, Max Ettinger, Peter Savov, Sephan Brand, Gesine H Seeber, Ricarda Stauss

• June 18, 2026