This hot topic issue of the Open Orthopaedics Journal deals with current concepts and topics in arthroplasty. With contributions from the orthopedic surgeons, researchers and epidemiologists, it features a few interesting articles. The articles focus on current concepts providing a comprehensive review of some topics or addressing some controversial areas in the field of arthroplasty. Arthropla...

Objectives To compare the clinical and cost effectiveness of total hip arthroplasty with resurfacing arthroplasty in patients with severe arthritis of the hip. Design Single centre, two arm, parallel group, assessor blinded, randomised controlled trial with 1:1 treatment allocation. Setting One large teaching hospital in the United Kingdom. Participants 126 patients older than 18 years with sev...

" Y. Kalairajah, MA, MPhil, FRCS(Tr & Orth), Orthopaedic Arthroplasty and Sports Surgery Fellow " D. Simpson, FRCS(Tr & Orth), Orthopaedic Arthroplasty and Sports Surgery Fellow " A. J. Cossey, FRCS(Tr & Orth), Orthopaedic Arthroplasty and Sports Surgery Fellow " G. M. Verrall, MBBS, Sports Physician " A. J. Spriggins, MS, FRCS, FRACS, FAOrthA, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Sportsmed SA, 32 Pa...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of early initiation of rehabilitation on length of stay (LOS) and cost following total hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, or unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. DATA SOURCES Electronic databases PubMed, CINAHL, Pedro, Embase, AMED, and the Cochrane Library were searched in July 2016. Five additional trials were identified through reference list scanni...

STUDY DESIGN Systematic review. OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this review was to evaluate clinical and radiographic outcomes in studies of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using allograft versus ACDF with autograft, ACDF with cage devices, and cervical disc arthroplasty for the treatment of symptomatic cervical disc disease. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA ACDF remains the standard ...

Background: Severe bilateral Fixed flexion deformity of the knees resulting from irreversible joint damage is a disabling complication long-standing rheumatoid arthritis, associated with loss ambulatory ability. While Total knee Arthroplasty an effective treatment for such patients, it poses significant intra-operative technical demands and challenges post-operative rehabilitation. Method: We r...

BACKGROUND The reported outcomes of shoulder arthroplasty in patients under the age of fifty years are worse than those in patients over fifty. While there are several possible explanations for this finding, we explored the possibility that patients who had a primary shoulder arthroplasty when they were under fifty years of age differed from those who had the procedure when they were over fifty...

BACKGROUND Severe arthritis of the knee is a disabling condition, with over 50,000 knee replacements performed each year in the UK. Isolated patellofemoral joint arthritis occurs in over 10% of these patients with the treatment options being patellofemoral arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty. Whilst many surgeons believe total knee arthroplasty is the 'gold standard' treatment for severe kn...

INTRODUCTION The Smith-Petersen vitallium mold arthroplasty was a real landmark in arthroplasty surgery as this was the first technique which produced predictable and satisfactory results. CASE REPORT We present the longest known follow-up of any hip arthroplasty in literature. The arthroplasty was performed in 1949 in London on a 30-years-old female patient with congenital hip dysplasia, and...

(1) Background: Preoperative templating is mainly conducted on an anteroposterior pelvic overview X-ray. For short stem hip arthroplasty, the choice of optimal size especially crucial to avoid complications. Thus, study aimed determine if there increased rate correctly planned sizes using two radiological planes. (2) Methods: 50 patients with a conventional and 100 total arthroplasty were analy...