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Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, UK
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The Lister Hospital, Chelsea Bridge, London, UK
Centre de l’Arthrose - Clinique du Sport, Bordeaux-Mérignac, France
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, UK
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NN Charron KDJ . Patient satisfaction after total knee arthroplasty: who is satisfied and who is not? Clin Orthop Relat Res 2010 ; 468 : 57 – 63 . 3. Baker PN van der Meulen JH Lewsey J Gregg PJ
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first mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), the Oxford Knee (OUKA), was introduced, and in 1988 it was first reported. 8 UKA surgery has gained interest in recent years because it can diminish post-operative pain and has a
Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
South West of London Orthopaedic Elective Centre, Epsom, UK
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Introduction Robotic-arm-assisted knee arthroplasty has been shown to enable more accurate implant positioning for both unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) when compared to manual surgery. 1 , 2
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Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Introduction Evidence-based medicine is central to providing the highest quality care to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients. Patients have many types of outcomes, including infection, venous thromboembolism, death, readmission, peri
Surgery Department, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
Clinique orthopédique Duval, 1487 Boul des Laurentides, Laval
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Bordeaux Arthroplasty Research Institute - Clinique du Sport Bordeaux-Mérignac 04-06 rue Georges Negrevergne, Mérignac, France
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Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland, Bruderholz, Switzerland
Clinical Research Group Michael T. Hirschmann, Regenerative Medicine & Biomechanics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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Joint replacement surgery has evolved significantly since its conception. Despite initial failures, total hip and total knee arthroplasties (THAs and TKAs, respectively) have gained acceptance with ever-improving implant survivorship and patient
Personalized Arthroplasty Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Clinique Orthopédique Duval, Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Department of Knee Surgery, Casa di Cura Solatrix, Rovereto, TN, Italy
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Clinique Orthopédique Duval, Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Introduction Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an efficient treatment for end-stage osteoarthritis, and the number of TKAs performed has been exponentially growing over the last decade ( 1 ). It is now understood that the systematic goal of a
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further reduced infection. Despite the ongoing evolution and refinement of surgical practice, surgical site infection (SSI) remains a risk for every patient, including those undergoing primary total hip and knee arthroplasty procedures, and is associated
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A long-held principle in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is that long-term survival and optimal function are dependent on achieving a post-operative leg alignment within 3° of the neutral mechanical axis. To this end, computer navigation and now
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Introduction It is widely accepted that total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a well-established reconstructive procedure for end-stage knee joint disorders and satisfactory survival rates have been reported at 15 years follow up. 1 – 4
Low-dose dexamethasone during arthroplasty
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patients undergoing hip or knee arthroplasty. In addition, we identified the present literature on the theoretical increased risk of infection and wound healing disturbances following the use of glucocorticosteroids (dexamethasone). In this search, we
