Orthopaedics Today Europe Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Orthopaedics Today Europe.

Table of Contents

• Long bone, spinal metastasis often the initial presentation of unknown cancer
• Manufacturer warranties of joint replacement implants to patients may be future consideration Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen, MD
• Alumina-on-HXLPE THA bearings show good long-term wear results
• Arthrodesis preferable to re-arthroplasty after failed ankle prosthesis surgery
• Becoming an expert in hip-joint arthroscopy
• Femoral fixation of medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction grafts varies, presents challenge John P. Fulkerson, MD
• Hypoxia affects human mesenchymal stem cell secretome independent of nutrients
• Join the EFORT Trauma Task Force symposium on proximal femur fracture
• Patient safety sessions during the EFORT Congress
• Patient Safety Symposium
• OTE200: Prescribing vitamins
• Promising results seen with cementless unicompartmental knee replacement
• Study shows asymptomatic bacteriuria is an independent risk factor for PJI
• Symposium on the Quality of Implants and Patient Safety
• The International Healthcare Timebomb - An avalanche of orthopaedics
• Trauma and Orthopaedics in Conflict Settings (TOCS)
• What Is ‘Evidence’ And How Should We Use It In Daily Practice?
• Reduced physical capability at mid-life associated with higher mortality
• Significant glenoid bone loss linked with less osteolysis of the coracoid bone graft after Latarjet procedure
• Aperion Biologics receives CE mark for ACL reconstruction device
• Medicrea announces European launch of patient-specific spinal rod
• Arthroscopic implantation of meniscal allografts aid return to play in professional soccer players
• Early experience with new one-stage cartilage repair scaffold shows hyaline cartilage, defect filling
• Favorable preliminary results reported with radiolucent implant for proximal humerus fracture treatment
• ‘Modest’ reduction in embolic debris seen during reaming, nail insertion with RIA
• No improvement in rotator cuff tendon healing seen after injection of autologous conditioned plasma
• Proper patient selection, better fixation associated with successful femoral osteotomy for lateral compartment OA
• Prospective study of talar resurfacing shows procedure relieves pain
• Reoperation rate of 30% found for open femoral shaft fractures treated with modern techniques
• Speaker: Causes of tendinopathy problems should direct any treatment