Orthopaedics Today Europe Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Orthopaedics Today Europe.
Table of Contents
- Orthopaedists require more education in effective and safe blood management
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- Key advantages and indications for metal-on-metal hip resurfacing should not be dismissed Harry Benjamin-Laing, BSc(Hons),; Fares S. Haddad, BSc, MCh(Orth), FRCS(Orth)
- Screening standards needed for blood metal ion concentrations in metal-on-metal hip resurfacing, THR David J. Langton, MRCS
- EFORT remains focused on standardizing musculoskeletal care in Europe
- Musculoskeletal societies support Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020
- OTE200 Survey: Diagnosing osteoporosis
- Rehabilitation prior to arthroscopic rotator cuff repair yields range of motion benefits
- Increased use of MRI as a ‘gold standard’ raises access issues Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen, MD
- Heel-drop exercise program improves pain scores for Achilles tendinopathy patients
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- Mini plates and screws technically feasible for fixation of unstable proximal interphalangeal joint dorsal fracture dislocations
- No incidence of relapse found in infants with severe rigid clubfoot after multiple tenotomies
- Better results with independent exercise vs. formal therapy after volar plating for distal radius fractures
- Helmet masks used in laminar, non-laminar flow operating room yield 80% bacterial contamination
- Lower limb trauma, tendo-Achilles surgery may warrant DVT chemoprophylaxis use
- No downsides seen in not restricting hip motion following hemiarthroplasty
- Obesity: A global epidemic that poses challenges for total joint replacement
- Patterns of disc degeneration play a role in incidence of low back pain
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- Study details current causes of TKA revision, efforts to improve survivorship
- Study suggests medial mobile bearing UKA not a temporary procedure
- Treatment of cam-type hip impingement yields improved hip scores at early follow-up