Patients with diabetes who sustain an ankle fracture are at increased risk for complications including higher rates of in-hospital mortality, in-hospital post-operative complications, length of stay and non-routine discharges. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively compare the complications associated with operatively treated ankle fractures in a group of patients with uncomplicated diabetes versus a group of patients with complicated diabetes. Complicated diabetes was defined as diabetes associated with end organ damage such as peripheral neuropathy, nephropathy and/or PAD. Uncomplicated diabetes was defined as diabetes without any of these associated conditions. Our hypothesis was that patients with uncomplicated diabetes would experience fewer complications than those patients with complicated diabetes.Background
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Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty provides a good alternative to total knee arthroplasty in patients with isolated medial compartment osteoarthritis. Reported ten-year survival for the Oxford medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is variable, ranging from 80.2% to 97.7% in the originator series. The aim of this study was to determine the survival and reasons for revision of the Oxford medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty when performed at a specialist orthopaedic centre. Details of consecutive patients undergoing Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty at our centre between January 2000 and December 2009 were collected prospectively. Failure of the implant was defined as conversion to total knee arthroplasty. Survival was determined using the Kaplan-Meier method.Background
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