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The knee joint complex is the largest articulation in the human body, with each component playing a specific function.
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The alternatives for revision surgery on a dislocating hip such as cup revision, stem revision, or changing to a larger articulation is often not feasible because of comorbidities.
Triamcinolone acetonide (40 mg/ml) or methylpredinosolone acetate (40 mg/ml) are widely used in North America at a dose ranging from 10 mg or less for small articulations to 40 mg for large articulations.
The lack of restriction allowed for large articulations did not improve the clinical and patient perceived outcomes.
Large articulations increased the mean total range of motion by 13° during the first 6 postoperative months.
The patients with large articulations still reported slightly less discomfort, but the difference was not significant (p = 0.3).
During the first 6 months, we observed a small difference favoring the large articulations, but the larger head size may not have been the cause.
Range of motion was the primary outcome, and we could not demonstrate any advantage of the unrestricted regime allowed for the large articulations.
The reduced risk of dislocations (Beaule et al. 2002, Burroughs et al. 2005, Padgett et al. 2006) allows patients with large articulations unrestricted movement postoperatively.
The 28 mm THA group had a relatively large baseline step rate and reached steady state at 6 months, whereas the large articulations improved in step rate up to 2 years and reached a similar level.
Patients with large articulations reported more strenuous activity of half a UCLA point after 1 year, and 1 point after 2 years, compared to standard THA, but the differences were not statistically significant (p = 0.7 and 0.2, respectively).
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