Seven hip joints and 7 knee joints were affected. Only 4 patients had risk factors for prosthetic joint infection (diabetes mellitus in 2, cancer in 1, and myelodysplasia in 1). The average time ...
About 14% of adults over 60 report having pain in or around their hip joint. Bone fracture, muscle strain or tear, infection, ...
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 91, 1387–1393 (2009). Article Google Scholar El-Sayed, A. M. Treatment of early septic arthritis of the hip in children: comparison of results of open arthrotomy ...
1 2 The causes of hip pain in young adults (aged 16–50) tend to receive less attention than those in children (including Perthes’ disease, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, and septic arthritis) and ...
Surgeons must devise and implement calculated treatment algorithms when performing periprosthetic fracture revisions following total hip and total knee arthroplasties, according to a presenter here.In ...
Total joint rooms ... consequences of an infection can be devastating. One nice thing about using a modular implant such as this is that if one component of the total hip system begins to wear ...
As total joint replacement surgical technology has improved over the past, but a vital part of care — infection prevention methods — have largely remained stagn ...