On Thursday, Steve Yoon, MD, of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Group in Los Angeles, performed successful knee surgery on Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol, according to a Fansided report.

A new literature review published on Medscape News analyzes the factors influencing total knee replacement and investigate the relationship between surgeon volume and outcomes.

Robert Watkins, MD, of Marina Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., performed a successful microscopic lumbar discectomy on Chivas USA goalkeeper Tim Melia.

The ninth Biennial Congress of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine will be held May 12 to 16 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

A new study led by Robert S. Namba, MD, of the department of orthopedic surgery at Kaiser Permanente Orange County and Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Irvine, and published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, assesses risk factors for deep surgical site infections after total knee arthroplasty.

On Monday, Steadman Clinic surgeons performed arthroscopic knee surgery on Denver Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari, according to an USA Today report.

James Andrews, MD, is scheduled to perform surgery on Florida State University's former cornerback Greg Reid, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

On Saturday in Vail, Colo., Steadman Clinic physicians performed knee surgery on Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook, according to an ESPN report.

A study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examined 23,400 Oxford unicondylar knee replacements to treat osteoarthritis at 366 centers performed by 919 surgeons.

Today, James Andrews, MD, founding partner and medical director of Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze, Fla., is scheduled to perform knee surgery on the Oakland Athletics second baseman Scott Sizemore according to a Yahoo Sports report.