Managing knee osteoarthritis before and after arthroplasty.
Primary care physicians play a key role in the diagnosis and the nonoperative management of knee osteoarthritis (OA), including monitoring for problems in patients who have undergone knee replacement surgery. This article reviews key clinical and radiographic findings of knee OA, options for conservative management, and signs and symptoms of complications after total knee arthroplasty.
Rosneck
James
J
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Westlake, OH 44145, USA.
Higuera
Carlos A
CA
Tadross
Nabil
N
Krebs
Viktor
V
Barsoum
Wael K
WK
D000367:Age Factors; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal