With increasing use of fluoroscopy in Orthopaedic theatres in recent years, the occupational radiation exposure to the surgeons and the theatre staff has increased significantly. Thyroid is one of the most radio-sensitive tissues in the body, but there is a clear lack of awareness among theatre staff of risks of radiation to thyroid. We prospectively reviewed the use of thyroid shield by the theatre staff in the orthopaedic theatre for two weeks period. We also recorded the number of fluoroscopic images taken and total radiation dosage for each case.Abstract
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Medial fix bearing unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) designs are consider safe and effective implants with many registries data and big cohort series showing excellent survivorship and clinical outcome comparable to that reported for the most expensive and surgically challenging medial UKR mobile bearing designs. However, whether all polyethylene tibial components (all-poly) provided comparable results to metal-backed modular components during medial fix bearing UKR remains unclear. There have been previous suggestions that all-poly tibia UKR implants might show unacceptable higher rates of early failure due to tibial component early loosening especially in high body max index (BMI) patients. This study aims to find out the short and long-term survival rate of all-poly tibia UKR and its relationship with implant thickness and patient demographics including sex, age, ASA and BMI. we present the results of a series of 388 medial fixed bearing all-polly tibia UKR done in our institution by a single surgeon between 2007–2019.Abstract
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The outcome of revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL-R) is guarded, particularly their return to sports activities. It is important to know the factors affecting the functional outcomes following a revision ACL-R. We analysed results from 39 patients, who underwent a revision ACL reconstruction by a single surgeon and was followed up over a year. Some of them were treated in 2-stage revision while the rest were single-stage revision, depending upon their size of bone tunnel or osteolysis as assessed by pre-operative CT scan.Abstract
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This study aims to evaluate the functional outcomes of early weight-bearing in a functional orthosis for conservatively managed, complete AT ruptures. Also we tried to evaluate the patient reported outcome with this form of treatment. In this prospective study, we have analysed data from 41 patients with ultrasound diagnosed compete AT ruptures, with a gap of less than 5 cm. Every patient was treated in a functional weight-bearing orthosis (VACOped®) for 8 weeks with early weight-bearing following a specific treatment protocol, followed by rehabilitation with a trained physiotherapist.Abstract
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