BACKGROUND Total elbow arthroplasty is a well-established treatment for the painful elbow joint in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. We present the results of what we believe to be the first prospective study of the Souter-Strathclyde total elbow prosthesis. METHODS Between June 1982 and December 2000, 204 primary total elbow prostheses were inserted in 166 patients who had rheumatoid arthr...

OBJECTIVES We developed a prosthesis for open pleurostomy cases where pulmonary decortication is not indicated, or where post-pneumonectomy space infection occurs. The open pleural window procedure not only creates a large hole in the chest wall that is shocking to patients, also results in a permanent deformation of the thorax. prosthesis for open pleurostomy is a self-retained silicone tube t...

We conducted a matched case-control study to determine risk factors for the development of prosthetic joint infection. Cases were patients with prosthetic hip or knee joint infection. Controls were patients who underwent total hip or knee arthroplasty and did not develop prosthetic joint infection. A multiple logistic regression model indicated that risk factors for prosthetic joint infection w...

The prevalence of infections caused by methicillin-resistant organisms has increased, causing difficulty in the treatment of prosthetic joint infection. A multicenter study was performed to review 50 patients with deep infections with or without a resistant organism, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, at the site of total knee arthroplasty. A group of 13 patients with early de...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The most common surgical approaches in total hip arthroplasty in Sweden are the posterior and the anterolateral transgluteal approach. Currently, however, there is insufficient evidence to prefer one over the other regarding risk of subsequent surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS We searched the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register between the years 1992 and 2009 to compare the p...

Abstract Aim Major trauma to the limbs often results in amputation and can have a debilitating effect on an individual’s physical psychological health. Currently, conventional management remediate consequences of limb is Traditional Socket-mounted Prosthesis (TSP) for affected limbs. However, its use associated with various complications, such as skin ulcers, increased fracture risk, nerve pain...

OBJECTIVE A prospective, observational study was undertaken to investigate the epidemiology of oral infection among the patients with advanced malignancies, and to investigate the effects of therapy strategies and risk factors on the incidence of oral infection. METHODS The patients with advanced malignancies were enrolled into the study. The incidence of oral infection with different maligna...

Abstract Patients with severe arterial obstructive disease and critical limb ischemia associated vascular graft infection have elevated morbidity mortality rates are at high risk of loss. We present the case a 76-year-old male patient left lower femoropopliteal infection. used hybrid treatment approach an open surgical to inguinal popliteal regions prosthesis as endovascular access for direct r...

Medical prostheses constitute an indispensable component of modern health care. Like other approaches of medical intervention, the insertion of medical prostheses can be associated with serious complications. The ongoing advances in the mechanical properties of medical prostheses have not necessarily resulted in lower rates of prosthesis-related infection. Infection remains the most common seri...

implant-supported craniofacial prostheses are made to restore defective areas in the face and cranium. this clinical report describes a technique for fabrication of an orbital prosthesis with three adjacent implants in the left lateral orbital rim of a 60-year-old woman. selection of appropriate attachment system (individual magnetic abutments versus bar-clip attachment) for implant-supported o...