BACKGROUND More than 300 000 joint replacement operations are performed in Germany every year, and the number is rising. In this article, we consider the question of simultaneous bilateral joint replacement at the hips or knees. Such procedures are indicated in patients suffering from bilateral, symptomatic arthrosis. METHODS The article is based on a selective review of the relevant literatu...

periodic evaluation and monitoring the health and economic outcome of joint replacement surgery is a common and popular process under the territory of joint registries in many countries. in this article we introduce the methodology used for the foundation of the national iranian joint registry (ijr) with a joint collaboration of the social security organization (sso) and academic research depar...

BACKGROUND Osteopetrosis is an uncommon, inherited disease, characterized by osteosclerosis, obliteration of the medullary canal, calcified cartilage and brittle bone due to impaired osteoclast resorption. Osteoarthritis is common in patients with osteopetrosis. If the patient has pain and dysfunction, total joint arthroplasty is often the treatment of choice but presents many intraoperative an...

background osteoarthritis (oa) is a multifactorial, disabling and degenerative disease that worsens with age and affects patient’s health-related quality of life (hrqol). objectives the current study aimed to assess if age and comorbidities have an influence on knee oa and knee replacement outcome before and after the surgery. methods a quasi-experimental intervention study was conducted on a s...

We wish to present a case of 47-year-old patient with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and ankylosis of both hips and bothknees treated by bilateral hip and knee arthroplasty in a single anaesthesia i.e. Quadruple joint replacement in singlesitting. He was back on his feet from his bed-ridden state within the fortnight following surgery. He has been followedup for four years and has been performin...

background: accidental dural puncture during epidural blockade is a rare complication. since postdural puncture headache (pdph) is the most frequent complication, a wisely management method will also reduce the incidence of pdph. methods: five patients who had inadvertent dural puncture during the epidural procedure before hip or knee arthroplasty were included in this study. after dural punctu...

<p>Total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee (TKA) have been performed for end stage degenerative arthritis of respectively, with reliable functional outcomes. A single joint has wide acceptance, presents less complications than a staged or simultaneous bilateral arthroplasty. Any contralateral ipsilateral two infrequently occasionally described. We present cases where were in single-st...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the incidence and time course of clinical thromboembolic events after total hip or knee arthroplasty, particularly after hospital discharge. METHODS We used a linked hospital discharge database provided by the State of California to identify cases diagnosed as having deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism within 3 months of unilateral total hip or knee art...

BACKGROUND Hip and knee arthroplasty aims to restore the joint function and to improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with articular damage. It is important to quantify the HRQoL improvement and when this is achieved. The Oxford knee score and the Oxford hip score were developed to evaluate patients after knee and hip arthroplasty. We sought to evaluate HRQoL changes in the ...