This study of osteo-arthrosis, or degenerative joint disease, is based on the same survey material as the corresponding paper on rheumatoid arthritis (Kellgren and Lawrence, 1956). A one-in-ten random sample of the population aged 55-64 years in the Lancashire town of Leigh was studied clinically, radiologically, and serologically for all forms of arthritis. After a detailed clinical examinatio...

Hip arthrosis, primary or secondary, is an osteoarthritic degenerative process that affects the hip joint. Primary hip arthrosis has an unknown etiology, and secondary hip arthrosis has well defined causes; of these causes, some are known to lead to arthrosis of the hip in the young age patient. The surgical treatment aims either to preserve the patient’s hip joint, or to replace the joint. The...

Cervical myelopathy is caused by degenerative processes of the spine including intervertebral disc herniation and posterior spur usually developing at C3/4 to C5/6. C7/T1 single level myelopathy is very rare because of the anatomical characteristics. Facet joint arthrosis can be a cause of cervical myelopathy but only a few cases have been reported. The authors report an extremely rare case of ...

OBJECTIVE Evaluate the results from the Latarjet procedure in patients with anterior recurrent dislocation of the shoulder who present bone loss of the glenoid cavity greater than 25%. METHODS Twenty six male patients underwent the Latarjet procedure, The bone loss was evaluated by means of radiography using the Bernageau view and by means of CAT scan. The patients were evaluated with regard ...

Objective: To evaluate the short-term results and complications of unicondylar knee prosthesis in obese patients with medial compartment arthrosis.
 
 Method: Unicondylar was applied to 41 (36 females, 5 males; average age 56 years) BMI >35 for treatment arthrosis. Cementless Oxford phase 3 all patients. Joint range motion before after surgery, VAS, OKS, KSS part 1 2 scores were ex...

AIM Patients with incipient hip arthrosis may benefit from a relatively new therapeutical approach using resurfacing total hip replacement, but in those with associated osteoporosis, this type of surgical intervention is contraindicated, given the poor quality of osteoporotic bones. We assessed the efficacy of the antiosteoporotic pharmacological therapy to improve bone quality and bone strengt...

BACKGROUND Arthritis and other rheumatic conditions are the leading causes of disability among adults in the United States. The purpose of this report was to describe the self-reported functional limitations of a group of patients with end-stage ankle arthrosis. METHOD Patients who presented for operative management of end-stage ankle arthrosis at the University of Minnesota and Harborview Me...