Several required revision surgery as well, indicating severe disease.
We do think that rotating hinge implants facilitate ROM in severe primary and revision cases and are favourable for all indications of revision TKA.
Floor effects were found for the subscales Sport/Recreation and Qol in the severe OA and revision TKA groups.
The construct validity was moderate for the patient groups with mild and moderate OA and for TKA patients, and lower for the severe OA and revision TKA patients.
The reverse shoulder prosthesis provides a surgical option for conditions such as cuff tear arthropathy, shoulder pseudoparalysis resulting from massive cuff tear, severe fractures, prosthetic revision, and tumor surgery [ 5] with generally satisfying postoperative results [ 12, 31].
The reverse shoulder prosthesis is one surgical option for treatment of cuff tear arthropathy and shoulder pseudoparalysis resulting from a massive cuff tear, severe fractures, prosthetic revision, and tumor surgery [ 5].
The first line treatment for most conditions with co-trimoxazole or the use of chloramphenicol for severe pneumonia requires revision given the high prevalence of resistance among the commonly isolated bacteria.
This article provides a review of contemporary methods of bone loss management with a focus on highly porous metals and an emphasis on the authors' preferred method for managing the severe bone loss in revision TKA.
Moreover, intense research efforts have been directed at characterising postoperative thigh pain, a clinical limitation in THA that can range from immediate mild postoperative symptoms to severe disabling pain requiring revision surgery [ 7, 8].
Exclusion criteria included: revision surgery, severe glenohumeral arthritis, fracture or osteonecrosis, tears with a pre-operative size larger than 16 cm (to increase uniformity between groups), partially repairable or irreparable tears and patients whose surgery fell within the first ten weeks after the surgeon switched to arthroscopic RCR in 2004.
