Sentence examples for large joint replacement from inspiring English sources
Few works in the literature have reviewed the outcome compared with large joint replacement surgery, which is considered a benchmark for operative restoration of patients' quality of life.
The definition for failure used in most large joint replacement registries is surgical revision (exchange or removal of the implant) [ 5, 6].
Before biologics were used, around 25% of all RA patients with 16 20 years of observation needed at least 1 large joint replacement (Wolfe and Zwillich 1998, Kapetanovic et al. 2008).
In the patients with a history of large joint replacement (either at baseline or during follow-up), the incidence of prosthetic joint SA was not different between nbDMARD and anti-TNF cohorts (table 3).
The biological effect of wear of articulating surfaces is a continued concern with large joint replacements and, likewise, of interest for total disc replacements.
In total, 4871 large joint replacements were performed during the follow-up (nbDMARD 481; anti-TNF 4390).
For the purpose of this analysis, we have considered only large joint replacements (shoulder, elbow, hip and knee) because when reviewing reports of small joint surgery, it was difficult to distinguish between soft-tissue procedures and arthroplasty.
Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is and undoubtedly will remain for a number of years the most frequently used material for the manufacture of bearing components of large joint replacements.
We conducted the first and so far the largest OA genome-wide linkage scan, on over 500 affected sibling pairs ascertained by large-joint replacement surgery.
Our study uses more recent data with lower age- and gender-specific failure rates for both MoM HRA and THA obtained from a large, national joint replacement registry and explores a larger number of potential factors that may influence the comparative effectiveness of MoM HRA compared to THA.
We evaluated the relationship between the method of fixation of hip arthroplasty and perioperative mortality using a large national joint replacement registry.
