Joint replacement surgery in Ghana (West Africa)

Joint replacement surgery.

Joint replacement is the most effective healthcare measure in improving patient quality-of-life outcomes. More than 46000 hip and knee replacements were performed in Australia between July 2000 and July 2001. The need for joint replacements will increase as the population ages. More than 90% of hip and/or knee replacements survive for 10-15 years. Prosthesis selection needs to be tailored to ea...

The development of cardiac surgery in West Africa-the case of Ghana

West Africa is one of the poorest regions of the world. The sixteen nations listed by the United Nations in this sub-region have some of the lowest gross domestic products in the world. Health care infrastructure is deficient in most of these countries. Cardiac surgery, with its heavy financial outlay is unavailable in many West African countries. These facts notwithstanding, some West African ...

Ebola Virus Antibodies in Fruit Bats, Ghana, West Africa

forms was available for 77 patients. PCR results were available for 57 patients and confi rmed the diagnosis for 39. Patient ages ranged from 2 to 72 years; 40 (52%) patients were <15 years of age. The male/female ratio was 0.83. For 44 (57%) of the patients, Buruli ulcer was a new diagnosis. In addition, 56 (73%) patients had an ulcerative lesion, and 21 (37%) of these had lesions >5 cm. The l...

Computer-navigated joint-replacement surgery

Survival analysis in joint replacement surgery.

After the widespread introduction of joint replacement surgery the early reports of outcome described success in terms of relief of pain, restoration of movement and the ability to return to normal activities. These were subsequently refined to include some assessment of the longevity of the implant and many reports now describe excellent success rates over long periods of time. The pioneering ...