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Joint aspiration for diagnosis of chronic periprosthetic joint infection: when, how, and what tests?

Arthroplasty, 2023
Diagnosing chronic periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) requires clinical suspicion in combination with both serological and synovial fluid tests, the results of which are generally applied to validated scoring systems or consensus definitions for PJI ...
Nicole Durig Quinlan, Jason M. Jennings
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Transcatheter versus surgical aortic-valve replacement in high-risk patients. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: The use of transcatheter aortic-valve replacement has been shown to reduce mortality among high-risk patients with aortic stenosis who are not candidates for surgical replacement.
Makkar, Raj R, Samir Kapadia, Dewey, Todd, Pichard, Augusto D, Mack, Michael J, Vinod H. Thourani, Duolao Wang, Smith, Craig R, Webb, John G, Babaliaros, Vasilis, Moses, Jeffrey W, D. Craig Miller, Jeffrey W. Moses, Wang, Duolao, Craig R. Smith, Mathew Williams, Todd Dewey, Miller, D Craig, Michael J. Mack, John G. Webb, William N. Anderson, Tuzcu, E Murat, Thourani, Vinod H, Raj R. Makkar, Gregory P. Fontana, Svensson, Lars G, Kapadia, Samir, E. Murat Tuzcu, Paul Corso, Martin B. Leon, Williams, Mathew, Stuart J. Pocock, Bavaria, Joseph E, MD, Howard C. Herrmann, Augusto D. Pichard, Lars G. Svensson, Pocock, Stuart J, Jodi J. Akin, Joseph E. Bavaria, Fontana, Gregory P, Akin, Jodi J, Corso, Paul, Bavaria, Joseph E, Leon, Martin B, Herrmann, Howard C, PARTNER Trial Investigators, Anderson, William N, Vasilis Babaliaros   +47 more
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Clinical outcomes of DAA and related techniques in hip arthroplasty

Arthroplasty, 2023
Total hip arthroplasty (THA) has been one of the most successful surgical interventions in recent memory and is nicknamed by some the “Surgery of the Century”.
Adam Driesman, Charlie C. Yang
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Directed replacement [PDF]

Proceedings of the 34th annual meeting on Association for Computational Linguistics -, 1996
This paper introduces to the finite-state calculus a family of directed replace operators. In contrast to the simple replace expression, UPPER -> LOWER, defined in Karttunen (ACL-95), the new directed version, UPPER @-> LOWER, yields an unambiguous transducer if the lower language consists of a single string.
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Gluteal muscle fatty atrophy is not associated with elevated blood metal ions or pseudotumors in patients with a unilateral metal-on-metal hip replacement

Acta Orthopaedica, 2016
Background and purpose — There are no international guidelines to define adverse reaction to metal debris (ARMD). Muscle fatty atrophy has been reported to be common in patients with failing metal-on-metal (MoM) hip replacements.
Aleksi Reito, Petra Elo, Jyrki Nieminen, Timo Puolakka, Antti Eskelinen   +4 more
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Migration and inter-generational replacement in Europe [PDF]

, 2015
There are long-standing concerns over low fertility levels in Europe and an increasingly important debate on the extent to which migration can compensate for below replacement fertility.
Wilson, Christopher Cleveland Boag, Sobotka, Tomas, Williamson, Lee, Boyle, Paul Joseph   +3 more
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Mild knee osteoarthritis predicts dissatisfaction after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective study of 186 patients aged 65 years or less with 2-year follow-up

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background and aims The incidence of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is increasing, especially among younger working-age patients. However, dissatisfaction rates in this population are higher than among older patients.
Sanni Leppänen, Mika Niemeläinen, Heini Huhtala, Antti Eskelinen   +3 more
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Impact of keel saw blade design and thickness on the incidence of tibial plateau fracture and tibial implant-loosening in cementless medial UKR

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022
Background Tibial plateau fractures and tibial implant- loosening are severe complications in cementless unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR). The tibial keel preparation is particularly demanding and different saw blades can be used.
Lena Keppler, Steffen Klingbeil, Alexander Martin Keppler, Johannes Becker, Christian Fulghum, Björn Michel, Kilian Voigts, Wolfgang Reng   +7 more
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Lack of evidence—the anti-stepwise introduction of metal-on-metal hip replacements: A systematic review and a comparative assessment of the literature and registry data

Acta Orthopaedica, 2017
Background and purpose — Orthopedics and especially joint replacement surgery have had more than their fair share of unsuccessful innovations that have violated widely endorsed principles for the introduction of new surgical innovations.
Aleksi Reito, Lari Lehtovirta, Olli Lainiala, Keijo Mäkelä, Antti Eskelinen   +4 more
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Lower extremity osseointegration — a review of the current experiences and expectations [PDF]

Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii
Transcutaneous osseointegration for amputees (TOFA), an alternative approach to limb-loss rehabilitation, offers an enhanced quality of life and mobility, overcoming some challenges associated with amputation.
Jason D. Gross, Matan Grunfeld, S. Robert Rozbruch, Taylor J. Reif, Jason S. Hoellwarth   +4 more
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