title: Hip and knee arthroplasty in the geriatric population.
abstract: Osteoarthritis 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Selvon F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: St Clair
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Higuera
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: Nabil A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Tadross
authors.forename: Jerrod
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dumpe
authors.forename: Wael K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Barsoum
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications