There is no difference among these patient cohorts in the clinical performance or functional outcome of TKA using APT or MBT components in primary TKA at intermediate term follow-up.
‡Study measured return to sport at 6 and 12 weeks, both of which are part of intermediate term follow-up.
As only one study reported data for intermediate term follow-up, its results were pooled with trials reporting data for short term follow-up.
14 To account for varying time to event for intermediate term follow-up, we used hazard ratios of time to events (R package "meta," function metagen).
The use of corticosteroid might have delayed the tendon repair process and thereby caused a worsening in the intermediate term follow-up.
Our intermediate term follow-up after sulcus fixation of a SPA-IOL designed for both intracapular and sulcus implantation revealed good final CDVA and low level of complications, though more research to ascertain our results is warranted.
Intermediate-term follow-up validates the adequacy of this procedure.
Clinical and ultrasound results after aortic valve replacement: intermediate-term follow-up with the St . Jude Medicalprosthesis.
Montalescot G, Thomas D, Drobinski G, Evans JI, Vicaut E, Chatellier G, Whyte RI, Busquet P, Bejean-Lebuisson A, Grosgogeat Y. Clinical and ultrasound results after aortic valve replacement: intermediate-term follow-up with the St . Jude Medicalprosthesis.
In this large sample of patients, we provide estimates of moderate-severe pain at intermediate-term follow-up after primary THA.
DSE has shown an incremental value in predicting death and hard cardiac events at short- and intermediate-term follow-up (3– 5).
