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Total joint arthroplasty in cancer patients
The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2015Increasing numbers of total joint arthroplasty (TJA) patients have a history, or an active diagnosis, of cancer. We aimed to evaluate the risk of early postoperative complications in these patients. In our series, a history of malignancy was associated with an elevated risk of ischemic cardiac events and postoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT), while ...
Joseph A, Karam +3 more
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Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 1991
Patients with arthritis often want more information about their disease and surgery than physicians realize. They turn to the popular press, which focuses on recent, often untested innovations that capture the imagination. This information is not always consistent with the longer, more mundane perspective of science.
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Patients with arthritis often want more information about their disease and surgery than physicians realize. They turn to the popular press, which focuses on recent, often untested innovations that capture the imagination. This information is not always consistent with the longer, more mundane perspective of science.
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The Pathology of Failed Total Joint Arthroplasty
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1982In 94 cases of failed total hip and knee joint arthroplasties, acute and chronic inflammation, acrylic, metal, and polyethylene debris, and histiocytic reaction were assessed in a 0, 1+, 2+, 3+ semiquantitative manner. Chronic inflammation of 2+ to 3+ was not particularly useful in separating a reaction to wear debris from infection.
J M, Mirra, R A, Marder, H C, Amstutz
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Ethics of Total Joint Arthroplasty Gainsharing
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2017Total joint arthroplasty is associated with high patient satisfaction and functional improvement. With approximately 400,000 Medicare beneficiaries undergoing the procedure annually, total joint arthroplasty represents the largest total cost of all surgical procedures in the U.S.
John J, Mercuri +3 more
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Preventing Infection in Total Joint Arthroplasty
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2010Recent projections have forecast that by the year 2030 the number of primary total knee arthroplasty procedures will increase to 3.48 million, an increase of 673% compared with 2005, and the number of primary total hip arthroplasties will increase by 174% to 572,000, with the expectant result being that over 4 million primary total joint arthroplasties
Wadih Y, Matar +5 more
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Total Joint Arthroplasty at the Carpometacarpal Joint of the Thumb
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1985A series of 50 cases of total joint arthroplasty at the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb demonstrate surgical procedure and cement technique. Most patients showed a full range of motion within four weeks of suture removal and continue to demonstrate good long-term results.
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Total joint arthroplasty of the thumb CMC joint
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma SurgeryRhizarthrosis-osteoarthritis of the thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) joint is usually a primary idiopathic disease. Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is one of the surgical treatment options for symptomatic advanced thumb CMC arthritis. This retrospective study aims to evaluate the mid-term functional and radiological results of TJA with the minimum follow-up ...
Jiří Jurča +2 more
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Disparities in the Use of Total Joint Arthroplasty
New England Journal of Medicine, 2000Osteoarthritis is a common, chronic, and degenerative disease of the joints. It afflicts more than 16 million people in the United States and is one of the leading causes of long-term disability.1 ...
M E, Charlson, J P, Allegrante
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Total Arthroplasty of the Metatarsophalangeal Joint of the Hallux
Foot & Ankle International, 2016Background: The current gold standard in the treatment of severe hallux rigidus is arthrodesis of the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP-I) joint. We present the results of a new 3-component MTP-I prosthesis. We determined (1) the intraoperative and perioperative complications; (2) survivorship of prosthesis ...
Horisberger M +4 more
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Total Joint Arthroplasty for Persons With Osteoarthritis
PM&R, 2012AbstractOsteoarthritis is a process largely associated with aging, and Americans today are living longer than ever before, with the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing an average life expectancy of 78.2 years. With an increasingly older society, there will be an increased need for medical and surgical treatment ...
Christopher W, Grayson, Robert C, Decker
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