There are theoretical and practical advantages to modular rather than monoblock designs of prostheses for shoulder arthroplasty, but there are no reported studies which specifically compare the clinical and radiological results of their use. We have compared the results of unconstrained total shoulder arthroplasty for
Medial tibial plateaux excised during 46 unicompartmental arthroplasties for
1. In fifteen patients with unilateral
We compared the length of hospitalisation, rate
of infection, dislocation of the hip and revision, and mortality following
primary hip and knee arthroplasty for
We systematically reviewed the published literature
on the complications of closing wedge high tibial osteotomy for
the treatment of unicompartmental
1 . Criticisms are expressed of previous reports on the use of intra-articular injections in the treatment of
1. The venographic findings in clinical primary
We used single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) to determine the long-term risk of degenerative change after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Our study population was a prospective series of 31 patients with a mean age at injury of 27.8 years (18 to 47) and a mean follow-up of ten years (9 to 13) after bone-patellar tendon-bone reconstruction of the ACL. The contralateral normal knee was used as a control. All knees were clinically stable with high clinical scores (mean Lysholm score, 93; mean Tegner activity score, 6). Fifteen patients had undergone a partial meniscectomy and ACL reconstruction at or before reconstruction of their ACL. In the group with an intact meniscus, clinical symptoms of
The management of
1. Thirty-seven hips with
We carried out three total knee replacements with proximal realignment in two patients with severe
We report eight patients with prominent cystic changes in the head of the fibula. Seven of these had
1. Osteotomy for
Interest in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) for the treatment of medial compartment osteoarthritis has increased in recent years with apparent improvement in the long-term results. This is a result of improved surgical technique, patient selection, and implant design. In an effort further to improve patient selection we analysed the relationship between the pre-operative alignment of the knee and the anatomical findings at the time of surgery. We compared these findings with the indications for UKA. From 4021 total knee arthroplasties we compared intra-operative observations with the pre-operative clinical data in order to identify knees with isolated, medial, compartment changes, which would have been ideal candidates for UKA. We found that only 247 of the knees (6.1%) met anatomical qualifications for isolated, medial, unicompartmental
We evaluated the long-term results of 116 total hip replacements with a superolateral shelfplasty in 102 patients with
We suggest that different mechanisms underlie joint pain at rest and on movement in
In order to evaluate the relationship between acetabular and proximal femoral alignment in the initiation and evolution of
We carried out radial MRI in 30 hips with moderate
We measured the plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D. 3. (25(OH)D. 3. ) levels in 62 consecutive Caucasian patients undergoing total hip replacement for