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Biomarkers of Sarcopenia: Current Status and Future Perspectives

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
In this review, we summarize the various biomarkers discovered in recent years, including biochemical, imaging, and physical testing markers. We analyze their advantages and disadvantages and propose potential ways to improve the diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers, as well as future research directions.
Bijin Luo, Wenhan Li, Yi Zhang, Mengchen Liu, Kemeng Zhang, Sui Huang, Ping He   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medical Cost Analysis of the Osteoporotic Hip Fractures

, 2015
Objective: Osteoporotic hip fractures decrease the life expectancy for 20% about 20-50% of the patients become permanently dependent in terms of walking for the rest of their life. Life expectancy is increasing in Turkey in the last 20 years.
Haluk Çelik, Savaş Çamur, Bekir Eray Kılınç, Mehmet Mesut Sönmez, Yunus Öç   +4 more
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Revision rates after primary hip and knee replacement in England between 2003 and 2006 [PDF]

, 2008
<b>Background</b>: Hip and knee replacement are some of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the world. Resurfacing of the hip and unicondylar knee replacement are increasingly being used.
Boroff, Mick, Pickford, M., Borroff, Mick, Keith Tucker, Tucker, K., MacGregor, Alex J., on behalf of the Steering Committee of the National Joint Regist, Macgregor, AJ, Copley, LP, Lynn P Copley, Lewsey, J.D., Pickford, M, Copley Lynn P, Lewsey, Jim D., Tucker, K, Copley, Lynn P, Borroff, M, Lewsey, JD, Gregg, Paul, Gregg, P, Pickford Martin, van der Meulen, JH, Porter, Martyn, Sibanda, N, Lewsey Jim D, Copley, L.P., Mick Borroff, Paul Gregg, Porter, M, Copley, Lynn P., Porter Martyn, Martyn Porter, Jan H van der Meulen, Sibanda Nokuthaba, Gregg Paul, MacGregor, A.J., Alex J MacGregor, Borroff Mick, van der Meulen, J.H., Steering Committee of the National Joint Registry (NJR) for England and Wales, Sibanda, Nokuthaba, MacGregor, Alex J, Tucker Keith, Pickford, Martin, Tucker, Keith, Nokuthaba Sibanda, Sibanda, N., van der Meulen, Jan H, Steering Committee of the National Joint Registry (NJR) for Engl, MacGregor Alex J, Porter, M., Gregg, P., van der Meulen, Jan H., Borroff, M., Martin Pickford, van der Meulen Jan H, Lewsey, Jim D, Jim D Lewsey   +57 more
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Automation of Surgical Workflow Recognition: Unveiling the Surgical Instrument Kinematics that Underly Robot‐Assisted Prostatectomy Procedures

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Automated procedural analysis is recognized as one of the major game changers for robotic surgery. Meaning digital analysis needs to replace the manual assessments that set todays standard. Mechanical robotic‐instrument tracking enables the derivation of quantitative kinematic metrics that support behavior‐based workflow segmentation into distinct ...
Kateryna Pirkovets, Matthias N. van Oosterom, Vera A. Ottens, Henk G. van der Poel, Fijs W. B. van Leeuwen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Milestone Attainment in Young Children With Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita: Developmental Profile and Associated Factors

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Evidence on developmental milestones in children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) under the age of five is scarce. This multisite cross‐sectional study described developmental status and examined factors associated with milestone attainment in 143 children aged 0–66 months from a pediatric AMC Registry.
Ahlam Zidan, Sophia C. Pasia, Emmanouil Rampakakis, Reggie Hamdy, Frank Rauch, Lauren C. Hyer, Joel Lerman, Haluk Altiok, Krister Freese, Cary Mielke, Sarah B. Nossov, Philip F. Giampietro, Thania Ordaz‐Robles, Noémi Dahan‐Oliel   +13 more
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The EXPLAIN Study: Exploring Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita in Adults in Norway — A Description of Demographic, Medical, and Neurological Findings

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) encompasses several hundred conditions with diverse genetic, pathophysiological, and clinical origins. The overarching EXPLAIN study explores underlying causes and implications of AMC and represents the largest clinical cohort of adults with AMC reported to date.
My Vuong Hermansen, Kristin Ørstavik, Unni Steen, Mathias Toft, Cathrine Brunborg, Lena Lande Wekre   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fractures in the elderly: when is hip replacement a necessity?

, 2010
Prasad Antapur, Nizar Mahomed, Rajiv GandhiToronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAbstract: As the world’s population ages, hip fractures pose a significant health care problem.
Rajiv Gandhi, Prasad Antapur, Nizar Mahomed   +2 more
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Injectable Bone Cements: A Generational Framework for Bioactivity, Porosity, and Mechanobiological Design at the Nanoscale

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Key demographic, biological, and material considerations that drive the need for advanced injectable bone cement technologies. Injectable bone cements (IBCs) are widely used in orthopaedic and craniofacial applications due to their minimally invasive delivery and ability to provide early mechanical stabilisation.
Frank Fei, Yogambha Ramaswamy, Young Jung No   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system for long bone fractures with non-union or delayed healing: a NICE medical technology guidance [PDF]

, 2014
Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are ...
Meads, C., Higgins, Ailish, Higgins, A, Lord, J., Meads, Catherine, Yang, Y, Bayliss, S, Glover, M, Glover, Matthew, Yang, Y., Bayliss, S., Lord, Joanne, Higgins, A., Bayliss, Susan, Yang, Yaling, Lord, J, Meads, C, Glover, M.   +17 more
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