; WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index. Bias Using the RoB-2 criteria to assess the two randomised trials, one was judged to be at ‘high risk’ of bias, and there were ‘some concerns’ of bias with the other
R J M Morrison, W G Fishley, K S Rankin, and M R Reed
Frederique J. Hafkamp, Taco Gosens, Jolanda de Vries, and Brenda L. den Oudsten
Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic joint disease, leading to limitations in activities of daily living (ADL). 1 – 3 Joint replacement is a commonly used treatment in orthopaedics for end-stage OA. 4 – 9 The
Philippe Chiron and Nicolas Reina
palsy could be 4% ( 48 ). Only Type III Pipkin, Chiron IV (1 case A, 1 case B, 1 case C) ½ femoral head fractures led to emergency THR ( 1 ). The overall percentage of osteoarthritis is high, but osteoarthritis is relatively well tolerated with an
Olivier Courage, Louise Strom, Floris van Rooij, Matthieu Lalevée, Donatien Heuzé, Pierre Emanuel Papin, Michael Butnaru, and Jacobus Hendrik Müller
Introduction The elderly population continues to grow globally, 1 increasing the overall prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA). 2 It is estimated that 17.7% of this population suffer from end-stage OA of the knee, 3 resulting in a rising demand
Inmaculada Moracia-Ochagavía and E. Carlos Rodríguez-Merchán
-traumatic osteoarthritis (OA), which can occur in up to half of the cases of Lisfranc fracture dislocations ( Fig. 8 ). 4 Fig. 8 Treatment protocol recommended by us for fracture-dislocations of the Lisfranc joint. Non-surgical treatment There is only
Alfonso Vaquero-Picado and E. Carlos Rodríguez-Merchán
structures of the meniscus are determined by its functions. Alteration of its morphology could lead to early degenerative osteoarthritis. 11 The medial meniscus is C-shaped and slightly smaller than the lateral meniscus. 12 The lateral meniscus is
Carlos A. Encinas-Ullán and E. Carlos Rodríguez-Merchán
functional rehabilitation. 9 Failure of non-surgical treatment can result in debilitating, persistent medial instability, secondary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) dysfunction, weakness, and osteoarthritis. 10 In a review by Varelas et al, the most
E Carlos Rodríguez-Merchán and Carlos Kalbakdij-Sánchez
develop musculoskeletal diseases such as osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee ( 3 ). Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a technique that offers excellent results in patients with degenerative OA of the knee ( 4 , 5 , 6 ). However, there is very little
K Venkatadass, V Durga Prasad, Nasser Mohammed Mansor Al Ahmadi, and S Rajasekaran
early as possible, which in turn will preclude or postpone the development of degenerative osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip ( 1 , 2 ). Despite extensive long-term studies, controversy still exists in all realms of surgical treatment of DDH ( 3 , 4 ). As
Dominic Davenport and Venu Kavarthapu
Introduction Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a common procedure for primary osteoarthritis but increasing numbers are also being performed for other pathologies such as secondary arthritis, inflammatory arthropathies and trauma. Estimates
