The effect of systemic iron status on osteoarthritis: A mendelian randomization study
Objective: To assess the causal effect of systemic iron status by using four biomarkers (serum iron; transferrin saturation; ferritin; total iron-binding capacity) on knee osteoarthritis (OA), hip OA, total knee replacement, and total hip replacement ...
Guangfeng Ruan +19 more
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Comparative study of functional outcome of cemented and uncemented total hip replacement
Background: To compare functional outcome of cemented and uncemented total hip replacement (THR). Materials and Methods: In this hospital based, randomized, comparative type of observational study, 25 patients were included in each group.
Divyanshu Goyal +2 more
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Confronting hip resurfacing and big femoral head replacement gait analysis
Improved hip kinematics and bone preservation have been reported after resurfacing total hip replacement (THRS). On the other hand, hip kinematics with standard total hip replacement (THR) is optimized with large diameter femoral heads (BFH-THR).
Panagiotis K. Karampinas +4 more
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Background and Aims: Young patients undergoing revision total hip arthroplasty (THA) have different indications and causes of failure of THA. This retrospective cohort study examines the causes of failure of THA in a patient younger than 50 years ...
Hemant Mathur +2 more
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My total hip replacement [PDF]
My mother had a total hip replacement (THR) 20 years ago, at age 50, just after my dad had died of a brain tumour. She would say, ‘at least this hip problem is not life threatening’. After mum’s joint replacement surgery, I saw her live life to the full—including jet-skiing, tandem paragliding!
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The genetic contribution to severe post-traumatic osteoarthritis [PDF]
Objective: to compare the combined role of genetic variants loci associated with risk of knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA) in post-traumatic (PT) and non-traumatic (NT) cases of clinically severe OA leading to total joint replacement.
Ana M Valdes +21 more
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Incidence of hip replacement among national health insurance enrollees in Taiwan
Background There is no national joint replacement registry in the country of Asia and reports of national outcomes of joint replacement in Asia as yet. Therefore, this study was then to report a national data of the number of hip replacements, incidence ...
Wei Hung-Wen +2 more
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The Main Cause of Death Following Primary Total Hip and Knee Replacement for Osteoarthritis:A Cohort Study of 26,766 Deaths Following 332,734 Hip Replacements and 29,802 Deaths Following 384,291 Knee Replacements [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing primary total joint replacement are selected for surgery and thus (other than having a transiently increased mortality rate postoperatively) have a lower mortality rate than age and sex-matched individuals do ...
Ben-Shlomo, Yoav +4 more
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Perioperative safety assessment of patients undergoing unilateral or bilateral hip replacements
IntroductionDue to the aging of the world population and the increase of obesity rate, it is expected that the number of joint replacement surgery will continue to increase in the next few years.
Zhenzhong Zhou +8 more
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Patient-reported importance of assistive devices in hip and knee replacement Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) pathways [PDF]
Introduction: This study examines patients’ perceptions of the usefulness of occupational therapy and assistive devices provided, in achieving discharge criteria and assisting with activities of daily living once home, following an Enhanced Recovery ...
Immins, Tikki +3 more
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