LONG TERM RESULTS OF A CEMENTLESS SELF-LOCKING TAPERED FEMORAL STEM IN...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  January 1, 2004 ;     316 words ......replacement surgery in younger patients. Materials and Methods: 74 patients were identified who had...acetabular components used. 5 patients (6 hips) were lost to follow-...study group of 84 hips. The patients were assessed using the Harris Hip Score and the Oxford Hip ...

Specific or general health outcome measures in the evaluation of total hip...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...We assessed 100 patients with a primary total hip...replacement using the Harris hip score and the Nottingham Health...outcome of hip replacement. Patients and Methods We made a...clinical follow-up. Harris hip score (HHS).2 In the HHS, activities...

Hydroxyapatite ceramic-coated femoral stems in young patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......femoral component in patients younger than 50...170 months). All patients receiving a Furlong...pathology including patients who had undergone...The mean Harris hip score improved from...results in young patients with high demands...afforded by total hip replacement ...

Primary and revision total hip arthroplasty for patients 90 years of age...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......arthroplasty (THA) in patients 90 years of age and older. * Patients and Methods: Between...were done for 65 patients aged 90 to 104...years). The Harris hip score was used to assess...function. * Results: Patients were evaluated...replacement. All patients underwent a ...

Biological fixation of cementless stems in patients over 75 years with...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  January 1, 2003 ;     295 words ......cementless total hip prosthesis in patients over 75 years old, with diagnosed...osteoporosis. Between 1994-2000, 30 patients (mean age 77.3 years) underwent...arthroplasty (THA). Twenty-two (22) patients, 10 male and 12 female, were...fracture (n=4), or dysplastic hip (n=2). Eight (8) ...

Early results of prosthetic hip replacement for femoral neck fracture in...

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Harris functional hip score and Oxford hip score) assessments of 38 patients were measured...mean Harris hip score of the 38 patients was 83 (range...mean Oxford hip score was 25.2 (range...absent in 30 patients, 6 had slight...

Hydroxyapatite-coated total hip replacements in patients 65 years of age...

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases;  September 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......review examined 69 patients aged over 65 years...hydroxyapatite. All patients were evaluated clinically by Harris Hip Score and radiologically...difference between patients with osteoporotic...hydroxyapatite-coated total hip replacements for...be used safely in patients over ...

Patients given hospitals choice

Yorkshire Post;  March 29, 2008 ;     533 words ...PATIENTS will be able to select appointments at any hospital in...under a flagship Government initiative. From April 1, patients referred to hospital by their GP will be able to choose...Ministers have pressed for the move as part of efforts to give patients more power. They also hope it will put pressure ...

Cementless total hip arthroplasty in patients older than 80 years of age

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......operation. Thirty-two patients (34 hips) had died and five patients (five hips) were unavailable...of health reasons (four patients) or lack of co-operation...months. The mean Harris hip score was 81.9 points. Radiolucent...arthroplasty (THA) in young patients.1-11 Little is ...

Patient-reported outcome in total hip replacement: A COMPARISON OF FIVE...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......replacement (THR). In 114 patients, we compared the pre-operative...to change of the Oxford hip score (OHS), the Western Ontario...sub index^ (1.3 to 3.0). Patients in Charnley class A showed...However, the 12-item Oxford hip score (OHS) and the Euroqol questionnaire...The health ...

Results of conventionally fractionated radiotherapy in supratentorial...

Turkish Journal of Cancer;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Sixty patients with the diagnosis of supratentorial...1997, were retrospectively analyzed. The patients had a median age of 47 years and a median...and glioblastoma multiforme in 39 (65%) patients. Median survival was 13 months for all...

Patients dissatisfied at two-tier GP funding

The Independent - London;  June 1, 1995 ;     499 words ...Patients of fundholding GPs are still getting to hospital faster...treatment, a new survey says. But the report says fundholders' patients are less satisfied than non- fundholders' with some of...There are 2,600 fundholding GPs covering 40 per cent of patients in England and Wales. They have budgets and buy ...

Many bipolar patients are also ailing and obese.(Mental Health)

Family Practice News;  October 1, 2005 ;     545 words ...PITTSBURGH -- Patients with bipolar disorder have an unexpectedly high prevalence of medical comorbidities, based on findings from a study of 175 patients. These 175 patients, with an average age of 35, had a high prevalence of gastrointestinal...

Abdominal surgery in chronic hemodialysis patients

The American Surgeon;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...The number of patients with end-stage renal disease who benefit from...abdominal surgery in chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients. A 7-year retrospective study was conducted including all the patients on CHD who underwent abdominal surgery in...

Endurance training in patients with multiple sclerosis: five case studies.

Physical Therapy;  November 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) exhibit various symptoms...between the ages of 20 and 30 years.[3] Even though these patients are often young and initially exhibit barely perceptible...General fatigue is a dominating problem for the majority of patients with MS.[5,6] This fatigue is believed to have a ...