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of periosteal cells is induced. 24 The fixed action of screws or implants in osteoporotic bone is a biomechanical problem. Different techniques such as bone impaction, angular stable plates, coatings or cement augmentation have been tried to
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Open 6 1 haematoma 3 scar problems None 6 Croutzet 2009 17 Mini-open 8 1 scar problem None 6 Brown 2011 Open 12 1 haematoma 1 recurrence 1 9 Winkes 2012 12 Open 24 none 1 4 García
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, Ireland and the USA, the EU has approximately 3.18 million limb amputees (4.66 million for all of Europe) and around 295,000 amputations are performed each year (431,000 for all of Europe). 12 – 16 This poses a huge medical and economic problem
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discuss the clinically relevant issues of ‘The New Implant – Consequences of Medical Device Regulation’ and ‘MDR: How to Handle New Problems with Old Implants’. The VEC educational programme will be Continuing Medical Education Institute (CME
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placing threaded screws across the physis to inhibit growth. The potential advantages of PETS were percutaneous insertion with minimal blood loss, and immediate postoperative weight bearing. However, problems with hardware bending, migration, and retrieval
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. We realize that this places a burden on authors and funding institutions, but we trust that the advantages of publishing in EOR will outweigh the problem of the APC. Some personal changes have taken place at EOR. We wish to thank Professor George
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with the patient, the fracture, and its treatment, may well be the origin of the problem. In Europe, about one million patients require a surgical bone reconstruction annually. The ‘gold standard’ treatment of non-unions in the orthopaedic trauma
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complication and re-revision rates than non-obese patients. While the reported main problem in these large cohorts is again periprosthetic infection, potential mechanical failure is rarely mentioned in this advancing field. However, reports do exist
