Relationship between body adiposity measures and risk of primary knee and hip replacement for osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2009 INTRODUCTION: Total joint replacement is considered a surrogate measure for symptomatic end-stage osteoarthritis. It is unknown whether the adipose mass and the distribution of adipose mass are associated with the risk of primary knee and hip replacement
Cicuttini, FM +7 more
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Improving patients’ experience and outcome of total joint replacement: the RESTORE programme
Programme Grants for Applied Research, 2016 Background: Total hip replacements (THRs) and total knee replacements (TKRs) are common elective procedures. In the REsearch STudies into the ORthopaedic Experience (RESTORE) programme, we explored the care and experiences of patients with osteoarthritis
Ashley W Blom +18 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Patients with rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and systemic lupus erythematosus, have increased risk of receiving total knee replacement surgery or total hip replacement surgery. We speculated that psoriasis could
Ming-Chi Lu +7 more
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Challenges in modeling total knee arthroplasty and total hip replacement [PDF]
, 1932 Total knee arthroplasty and hip replacement are commonly used procedures in which an ailing knee or hip joint is replaced with a carefully engineered artificial joint.
Amirouche, Farid, Solitro, Giovanni F.
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Resection and resolution of bone marrow lesions associated with an improvement of pain after total knee replacement: a novel case study using a 3-Tesla metal artefact reduction MRI sequence [PDF]
, 2016 We present our case report using a novel metal artefact reduction magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequence to observe resolution of subchondral bone marrow lesions (BMLs), which are strongly associated with pain, in a patient after total knee ...
Haywood, Brett +4 more
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Cerebral Fat Microembolism and Its Potential Role in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction After Major Orthopaedic Surgery: Commentary on an article by Anna N. Miller, MD, et al.: "Use of the Reamer/Irrigator/Aspirator Decreases Carotid and Cranial Embolic Events in a Canine Model". [PDF]
, 2016 Total joint replacement is one of the most commonly performed elective orthopaedic surgical procedures, with approximately 700,000 patients undergoing total knee replacement and 330,000 undergoing total hip replacement each year in the United States ...
Allen, Matthew
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Secondary resurfacing of the patella in total knee arthroplasty [PDF]
, 2010 Anterior knee pain following primary total knee arthroplasty is common and can be difficult to treat satisfactorily. We reviewed 28 consecutive patients (29 knees) who underwent secondary resurfacing of the patella for persistent anterior knee pain and ...
Blyth, Mark J.G. +2 more
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A 73‐Year‐Old Man With Several Years of Difficulty Climbing Stairs and Frequent Tripping
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A 73‐year‐old man presented with progressive weakness and atrophy predominantly affecting the distal finger flexors and quadriceps muscles. Electrophysiological studies demonstrated mixed myogenic and neurogenic features. Muscle MRI showed inflammatory changes, and muscle biopsy revealed granulomatous myositis with histologic features ...
Mehmet Can Sari +3 more
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Medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy: A retrospective review of patient outcomes over 10 years [PDF]
, 2015 Objectives: High tibial osteotomy (HTO) has become a well-established treatment for unicompartmental osteoarthritis of the knee. Over the last 30 years, various techniques have been introduced to advance this procedure.
Lombardi, Nicholas J. +3 more
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Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy due to Biallelic Pathogenic Variants in PIGM
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective PIGM encodes a critical enzyme in the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)‐anchor biosynthesis pathway. While promoter‐region mutations in PIGM have been associated with a relatively mild phenotype characterized by portal vein thrombosis and absence seizures, recent evidence suggests that coding‐region mutations result in a more severe
Júlia Sala‐Coromina +11 more
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