PURPOSE To retrospectively evaluate factors leading to total hip arthroplasty (THA) in patients with subchondral insufficiency fractures (SIF) of the femoral head. METHODS. 5 men and 22 women aged 51 to 85 (mean, 72) years with SIF of the femoral head initially underwent conservative treatment. THA was later performed for 13 patients, as the hip pain became worse secondary to joint space narrow...

IMPORTANCE There are concerns about increased mortality in patients with metal-on-metal bearings in total hip arthroplasty (THA). OBJECTIVE To determine the mortality and the morbidity in patients with metal-on-metal articulations (MOM THA) compared to patients with non-metal-on-metal articulations (non-MOM THA) after primary total hip arthroplasty. DATA SOURCES Search of PubMed, MEDLINE, E...

wheat is grown on 6.2 million hectares under different agr-climate conditions in iran. of 6.2 million hectares irrigated wheat, khazar warm humid climate regions (gorgan, mazandaran and moghan) with 350 thousand hectares are the most important wheat growing areas of the country. productive and rich lands, high rainfalls and favorable temperature and light in these regions provide good condition...

The natural course of adverse events following the use of metal-on-metal (MoM) bearings in total hip arthroplasty (THA) is not well known. In this article, we report the case of a patient with asymptomatic major acetabular osteolysis following MoM THA that diminished gradually without any surgical intervention. A 58-year-old male underwent one-stage bilateral MoM THA for bilateral osteoarthriti...

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...

in order to evaluate the efficiency of empirical competition models for simulation of sugar beet (beta vulgaris l.) yield at interference with redroot pigweed (amaranthus retroflexus l.), a factorial experiment based on randomized complete block design with three replications was carried out. factors were weed densities (d1=1, d2= 4, d3= 8, d4=12 and d5=16 plants m-1 of row) and relative time o...