BACKGROUND This study examined the clinical and radiologic mid-term results of patients treated by Oxford minimally invasive unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. METHODS One hundred and eighty-eight knees of unicompartmental knee arthroplasties with Oxford Uni® in 166 patients (16 males and 150 females), which were performed between 2002 and 2005, were reviewed. The mean age was 65.3 years (ra...

This study aims to evaluate the 2-year post-operative clinical outcomes of patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with computer-assisted surgery (CAS) using the pinless BrainLAB® VectorVision® Knee 2.5 Navigation System versus standard CAS. A retrospective case-control study of 200 patients who underwent TKA with CAS from 2008 to 2012 was conducted. Patients in the pinless arm underw...

OBJECTIVES To identify patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) that have been developed and/or used with patients undergoing hip or knee replacement surgery and to provide a shortlist of the most promising generic and condition-specific instruments. METHODS A systematic review of the literature was performed to identify measures used in patients undergoing hip and knee replacement and extra...

We describe a series of three patients who sustained patella tendon injuries in infected total knee arthroplasties following the use of a static cement spacer at first-stage knee revision. The patella tendon injuries resulted in significant compromise to wound healing and knee stability requiring multiple surgeries. The mid-term function was poor with an Oxford score at 24 months ranging from 1...

BACKGROUND Differences in the use of hip and knee replacement by sex, age, ethnicity or socioeconomic status may lead to differences in disease severity between those who have surgery. METHODS Analyses used data collected from 117,736 patients in 2009-10 via the Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) programme in England. Adjusted differences were estimated in the Oxford Hip Score (OHS) or...

Background: Due to the obvious differences in the natural course of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA),different functional outcomes might be expected after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) in these distinct patients. Althoughseveral studies have reported the objective outcome of TKA in RA and OA patients, few studies have compared postoperativepatient-satisfaction levels.Methods: I...

BACKGROUND Although many hospital readmission reduction initiatives have been introduced globally, health care systems ultimately aim to improve patients' health and well-being. We examined whether the hospitals that report greater success in reducing readmissions also see greater improvements in patient-reported outcomes. RESEARCH DESIGN We examined hospital groups (Trusts) that provided hip...

We report a study of 112 patients with primary anteromedial osteoarthritis of the knee and their families. Sibling risk was determined using randomly selected single siblings. Spouses were used as controls. The presence of symptomatic osteoarthritis was determined using an Oxford knee score of > or= 29 supported by a Kellgren and Lawrence radiological score of II or greater. Using Fisher's exac...

BACKGROUND The management of degenerative arthritis of the knee in the younger, active patient presents a challenge to the orthopaedic surgeon. Surgical treatment options include high tibial osteotomy (HTO), unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, and total knee arthroplasty. PURPOSE To examine the long-term survival of closing wedge HTO in a large series of patients up to 19 years after surgery....