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Volume 84 Number 3 Year 2018

18 articles in this issue 

Malene Svane Kristensen

Purpose: To investigate if progressive resistance training initiated one week after unicompartment knee arthroplasty affect knee pain and knee joint effusion. Methods: Data from a previous randomized control trail was analysed.Knee pain was measured using... see more

 

Patrick Fransen,Niels HANSEN-ALGENSTAEDT,Athanasos CHATZISOTIRIOU,David Cesar Gonzalez Noriega,Vincent POINTILLART

We studied pain, neurological, and functional outcomes of one and two-levels cervical arthroplasties using a semi-constrained prosthesis for symptomatic cervical degenerative discopathies.  Retrospective analysis of 95 patients in a multicentric regi... see more

 

Stijn Ghijselings,Jean-Pierre Simon,Kristoff Corten

Revision of the unstable stem of a total hip replacement following a peri-prosthetic fracture of the femur is a complex procedure with a high complication rate. With this study we aim to describe the radiologic findings of a specific fracture around polis... see more

 

Peter Larsson,MD Matthias Erschbamer,MD Christian Spross,MD Karl Grob,Prof. Bernhard Jost,MD Johannes Erhardt

Periprosthetic hip joint infections (PHJI) are severe complications.In 2003 Zimmerli published a well-noted treatment algorithm for PHJI. The aim of this study is to evaluate outcome, analyze the applied treatment regimen and compare it to the proposed al... see more

 

Alessio Biazzo,Alfonso Manzotti,Norberto Confalonieri

Objectives. The hypothesis of the current study is that Bi-Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (Bi-Uni) could have long term outcomes equivalent to totl knee arthroplasty (TKA).Methods. A total of 19 patients treated from January 1999 to March 2003 with th... see more

 

Alexander Dodds,Richard Crowley,Tony Menz,Tony Spriggins,Greg Keene,Adrian Bauze

Although patellectomy is a rarely performed surgical procedure, patients may still progress to develop osteoarthritis of the tibiofemoral compartments leading to total knee replacement surgery. Due to the mechanical disadvantage of a previous patellectomy... see more

 

Suzanne Witjes,Alexander Hoorntje,Koen L.M. Koenraadt,Pjotr Goossens,Gino M.M.J. Kerkhoffs,Rutger C.I. van Geenen

Knee arthroplasty (KA) is increasingly performed, but rehabilitation and the possibility of returning to sports after KA are understudied areas. A web-based survey amongst physiotherapists was conducted to obtain insight in current rehabilitation methods ... see more

 

Michele Bisaccia,Paolo Ceccarini,Giuseppe Rinonapoli,Lorenzo Maria Di Giacomo,Julien Teodori,Andrea Schiavone,Cristina Ibanez Vicente,Giuseppe De Trana,Auro Caraffa

The purpose of this study was to compare the period of union, functional outcomes and complications of patients with femoral neck fractures treated with percutaneous cannulated screws versus dynamic hip screw (DHS) and antirotational screwWe enrolled 160 ... see more

 

Peter Mahieu

PurposeTo apply statistical shape modelling to perform an evaluation of femoral deformity in developmental hip dysplasia and to describe its relation to the amount of acetabular coverage.Methods An observational case-control study consisting of 40 right d... see more

 

Emily Boersma,Henk van de Meent,Jan Paul Frolke

Purpose: Prevention of CRPS-1, a post-traumatic pain syndrome, after a distal radius fracture is important as this syndrome might lead to chronic pain and serious disabilities. In several studies, it was shown that CRPS-1 can be cured with exercise and gr... see more

 

Ikchan Jeon

The incidence of symptomatic herniated thoracic disc (HTD) is very low. There are still no established priority in surgical approaches and guidelines for additional instrumentation with fusion.From 2007 through 2014, 38 patients (22 males and 16 females) ... see more

 

Joris Robberecht

IntroductionThe initial treatment of acute spondylolysis in young elite athletes is conservative.Excellent clinical results are seen when there is osseous healing of the defect. When there is no osseous healing, repetitive and maximal loading of the lumba... see more

 

Wei Zhou,Jian Tang,Jin Fan,Guoyong Yin

We aimed to investigate the effect of intramedullary signal intensity in MRI on the therapeutic efficacy of posterior cervical decompression laminectomy with fixation for multi-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy.Fifty-six patients were retrospectively ... see more

 

Jan Dauwe,Hilde Vandenneucker

The use of rotating-hinge systems in total knee arthroplasty is most often seen in revision setting where excessive bone loss, ligamentous instability and/or extensor mechanism dysfunction may necessitate an increased level of component constraint. Howeve... see more