juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the leading cause of hip replacement in young children. however, arthroplasty in this population is challenging with several concerns about quality of the growing bone, young age for revision surgery, and difficulties in potential several revisions. in this study we introduce a case of a 12-year old who is one of the youngest patients to undergo revision hip art...

BACKGROUND Revisional surgery is an important component of addressing weight regain and complications following primary bariatric surgery. Owing to provincial need and the complexity of this patient population, a specialized multidisciplinary revision clinic was developed. We sought to characterize patients who undergo revision surgery and compare their outcomes with primary bariatric surgery c...

• Objective: To compare rates of revision knee replacement (KR) surgery for patients who had 2 knees replaced simultaneously with rates for those who had staged surgery. • Design: Retrospective database study covering the period January 1985 through December 1990. • Participants: 11,771 Medicare recipients in the United States. • Main outcome measure: Rates of revision following primary bilater...

OBJECTIVES Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is a well-established treatment method in patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction. However, there are a few reports about the overall management of failed endonasal DCR. We investigated the causes and management strategies of failed endonasal DCR. METHODS This retrospective review included 61 patients (61 eyes) who had undergone revision su...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the postoperative complications and to evaluate and stratify thyroglobulin (Tg) response associated with revision surgery for thyroid malignancy. STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTINGS Academic, tertiary care center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS All patients with regionally recurrent thyroid carcinoma and who underwent revision thyroid surgery by the senior aut...

The burden of revision total hip replacement (THR) surgery is increasing. With an increasing life expectancy and younger age of primary surgery this trend is set to continue. There are few data on the long-term outcome of revision THR. This retrospective study of 1176 consecutive revision THRs with a minimum 10-year follow-up from a University Teaching Hospital was undertaken to review implant ...

Laparoscopic antireflux surgery is a frequently performed procedure for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux in surgical clinics. Reflux can recur in between 3% and 30% of patients on whom antireflux surgery has been performed, and so revision surgery can be required due to recurrent symptoms or dysphagia in approximately 3% to 6% of the patients. The objective of this study is to evaluate ...

AIMS To determine the outcomes following revision surgery of metal-on-metal hip arthroplasties (MoMHA) performed for adverse reactions to metal debris (ARMD), and to identify factors predictive of re-revision. PATIENTS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective observational study using National Joint Registry (NJR) data on 2535 MoMHAs undergoing revision surgery for ARMD between 2008 and 2014....

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. PURPOSE We examined the clinical and radiological outcomes of patients who received revision surgery for pseudarthrosis or adjacent segment disease (ASD) following decompression and instrumented posterolateral fusion (PLF). OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE At present, information regarding the outcomes of revision surgery for complications such as pseudarthrosis and ...