Aims. This study aimed to describe practice variation in the use of
Aims. Surgery is often delayed in patients who sustain a hip fracture and are treated with a
Aims. Displaced, comminuted acetabular fractures in the elderly are increasingly common, but there is no consensus on whether they should be treated non-surgically, surgically with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), or with acute
The objectives of our study were to compare patient reported outcome measures between manual and robotic-assisted
Our unit historically performed
NICE Guidelines suggest patients should be offered a
Aims. The aim of this study was to investigate the potentially increased risk of dislocation in patients with neurological disease who sustain a femoral neck fracture, as it is unclear whether they should undergo
According to the Scottish Arthroplasty Project the mean inpatient LoS following a
Aims. Monocyte-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) or neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) are useful for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), but their diagnostic values are unclear for screening fixation-related infection (FRI) in patients for whom conversion
The optimal approach for
National guidelines encourage the use of
Aims. To evaluate the outcomes of cemented
There is currently no information regarding long-term outcomes following
Aims. The aim of this study was to compare the functional and radiological
outcomes in patients with a displaced fracture of the hip who were
treated with a cemented or a cementless femoral stem. Patients and Methods. A four-year follow-up of a randomized controlled study included
141 patients who underwent surgery for a displaced femoral neck
fracture. Patients were randomized to receive either a cemented
(n = 67) or a cementless (n = 74) stem at hemiarthroplasty (HA;
n = 83) or
Aim. to compare the medium term clinical and functional results of
Purpose. To evaluate the effectiveness of the perioperative erythropoietin administration, as an alternative to homologous banked blood transfusions, in
Background. A lot of discussion persists whether obesity negatively influences the outcome of hip arthroplasty. Current literature does not answer this question, since manuscripts showing a worse outcome and those showing a similar outcome can both be found. We performed a meta-analysis with the primary research question whether obesity has a negative influence on short and long term outcome of
Background. The degree of postoperative pain is usually moderate to severe following
Aims. The aim of this study was to record the incidence of post-traumatic
osteoarthritis (OA), the need for
Aims. Our aim was to analyse the long-term functional outcome of two
forms of surgical treatment for active patients aged >
70 years
with a displaced intracapsular fracture of the femoral neck. Patients
were randomised to be treated with either a hemiarthroplasty or
a