Here, we report a case of a 73-year-old man who was a former heavy smoker (30 pack-years), with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) grade D according to GOLD guidelines [1]. The patient displayed a marked deterioration of his general physical conditions, and suffered from chronic respiratory failure, requiring long acting oxygen therapy (1,5 L/min, 24h/day). He also showed chronic join...

Intra-articular haemangioma is a rare and uncommon condition that sometimes presents in infants. The lesion can be a diagnostic challenge, with misdiagnosis often leading to delayed diagnosis and treatment. It is essential to establish and treat the condition early, as intra-articular haemangioma can lead to destruction of the joint and secondary arthrosis. Herein, we report the case of a five-...

Background Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease involving diarthrosis articulations. The evolution of the disease is very slow; the first changes regard the cellmatrix morpho-functional unit of articular cartilage called chondron by Benninghoff. The articular cartilage modifications are progressive from the superficial layer through the intermedial and the deep layer. Authors analyzed the u...

Background:  The primary aim of this study was to determine predictors of missed research appointments in a prospective  andomized placebo injection-controlled trial with evaluations 1 to 3 and 5 to 8 months after enrollment.   Methods:  This study represents a secondary use of data from 104 patients that were enrolled in a prospective randomized  ontrolled trial of dexamethasone versus lidocai...

Hip arthroplasty or hip replacement is a surgical procedure by which damaged cartilage and bone are removed from the joint replaced implants. performed in order to achive painless normal movements. Obesity characterized excessive accumulation of fat inside an organism it affects occurance arthrosis. Obese people make up 30% population developed countries. A vast majority recent research publica...