INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the major indications of total hip (THA) or knee (TKA) arthroplasty. International studies have suggested that RA is a risk factor for prosthesis infections. OBJECTIVES To compare patients with RA and patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of other etiologies with regard to the incidence of prosthesis, incisional, and other systemic postoperative in...

Quality of life index (Quality Of Well-Being [QWB]) was used to calculate the costs per quality of well year (QWY) in total hip arthroplasty (THA) and compare it to other interventions. Ninety-eight primary and/or revision THA were reviewed. Patients had minimum 1-year follow-up. Quality of life index was used to calculate the costs per QWY in primary and revision THA. Preoperative QWB for prim...

Abstract Background Stress shielding after total hip arthroplasty (THA) leads to loss of bone mineral density (BMD) around the femoral implants, particularly in proximal area. Loss BMD implant is likely occur within 1 year THA; however, its severity depends on patient characteristics. This study evaluated preoperative factors correlated with zone 7 THA. Methods retrospective cohort included 48 ...

Tacrine (THA) and physostigmine (PHS) have been used in Alzheimer's disease therapy for their anticholinesterasic activity. Here we show that THA is taken up in rat lysosomes in an energy-dependent manner, and that it is also accumulated in acidic compartments of rat thymocytes and neuroblastoma cells. A concentration of THA less than 1 mM dissipated the pH gradient (delta pH) in all the above ...

BACKGROUND This meta-analysis compared clinical outcomes of arthroplasty vs. osteosynthesis for displaced femoral neck fractures. METHODS Meta-analysis was performed on the difference in revision rate and overall mortality between participants undergoing osteosynthesis vs. total hip arthroplasty (THA), osteosynthesis vs. hemiarthroplasty (HA), or THA vs. HA. RESULTS Pooled direct and indire...

Concerns about the effects of global warming on crop yields have been raised due to stagnating yield progress in recent years. However, an understanding changes temperature and rainfall throughout cycle historical is lacking Europe (EU). In this study, positive wheat, barley, rice, maize EU (1961–2019) was significant, with rates 0.05, 0.04, 0.07 Tha?1year?1, for four crops respectively. Much h...

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) has been shown to be highly effective in ameliorating pain and increasing function in adults with end stage arthritis of the hip. Early studies of cemented THA in children with advanced hip disease reported poor results, but, more recently, results of cementless THA show greatly improved outcomes. More recently, concerns related to THA in children have focused on we...

PURPOSE Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a grave complication. Urinary tract infection (UTI) as a source for PJI is controversial. Our purposes were, (1) to evaluate the incidence of PJI after elective primary THA and (2) to determine whether UTI was associated with a risk of PJI after elective primary THA. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively rev...

PURPOSE It remains controversial whether mini-incision (MI) benefits patients in total hip arthroplasty (THA). We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess the effects of MI on surgical and functional outcomes in THA patients. METHODS A systematic electronic literature search (up to May 2013) was conducted to identify RCTs comparing MI with standard incision (...