BACKGROUND With the recent trend toward minimally invasive total joint arthroplasty and the increased emphasis on faster recovery and shorter hospital stays, it has become increasingly important to recognize the timing and severity of the various complications associated with elective total joint arthroplasty to ensure that early patient discharge is a safe practice. METHODS We evaluated the ...

RATIONALE Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic connective tissue disease. Total hip and knee arthroplasties are common major orthopaedic procedures worldwide. PATIENT CONCERNS To date, no studies have presented 1-stage concurrent total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We reported a case which is, to our knowledge, the f...

Background In this era of modern medicine, there is an increase in life expectancy and thereby an ageing population. Among this group one of the most common neurological disorder is Parkinson disease and one of the most common operation done in elderly population is a total joint arthroplasty. But total joint arthroplasty in Parkinson disease is a relatively uncommon entity. There is sparse lit...

Abstract INTRODUCTION Coxarthrosis is one of the most frequent and disabling pathologies. 20% those over 60 years age will develop symptomatic coxarthrosis 10% end with a hip replacement. Hip arthroplasty an alternative because it increases quality life. When we recommend in clinical practice, patients often ask about prognosis their other hip. Will deteriorate same way? be necessary to operate...

indomethacin in the prevention of heterotopic ossification after total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 2004; 19:14–8 3. Kolbl O, Knelles D, Barthel T, Kraus U, Flentje M, Eulert J: Randomized trial comparing early postoperative irradiation versus the use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs for prevention of heterotopic ossification following prosthetic total hip replacement. Int J Radiat On...

Osteoarthritis is the most common disease of the joints, and joint replacement surgery is often performed on the major lower extremity joints to relieve pain and improve function. While total knee arthroplasty is successful in restoring some degree of function, there are concerns in relation to the progression of osteoarthritis in other lower limb joints. The purpose of this study was to determ...

Four cases of operative treatment for ochronosis arthropathy in patients with alcaptonuria are presented. In 3 hip joint and 1 patient knee were affected. Prior to surgery all treated conservatively. Two successfully underwent total replacement. Intertrochanteric femur osteotomy was performed case. the fourth arthroplasty allograft from rib cartilage failed due suppurative arthritis resulted re...

INTRODUCTION Joint reconstruction following trauma at the proximal interphalangeal or metacarpophalangeal levels remain a difficult problem in hand surgery. Function of the injured finger depends on the mobility and stability at these joints. In fingers amputated at these levels with joint destruction, the hand surgeon can perform either an arthrodesis or a replacement arthroplasty (either as a...

BACKGROUND The reported association of smoking with risk of undergoing a total joint replacement (TJR) due to osteoarthritis (OA) is not consistent. We evaluated the independent association between smoking and primary TJR in a large cohort. METHODS The electronic records of 54,288 men and women, who were initially recruited for the Second Australian National Blood Pressure study, were linked ...