The purpose of this systematic review is to collate results of studies comparing fixed and mobile bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), focusing on complications and timing for reoperations. Out of 723 results derived from PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane database search engines on bearings in arthroplasty, 10 studies comparing clinical results of fixed bearings to mobile bearings in UKA...

OBJECTIVES Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) occurs as isolated cases, in combination with single ventricle physiology, and may be complicated by pulmonary venous obstruction. We sought to identify potential risk factors for long-term mortality and reoperations. METHODS Data from 193 consecutive patients who had undergone repair of TAPVC between 1974 and 2011 were analysed u...

OBJECTIVES Atrial switch procedures for transposition of the great arteries are associated with reoperations mainly for systemic ventricular dysfunction and baffle complications. This study aims at identifying the results of reoperations following the Senning operation. METHODS Records of 314 hospital survivors who had undergone the Senning operation were reviewed for details concerning cardi...

The aim of this study is to investigate the incidence of unplanned reoperations from all causes due to bleeding in neurosurgical patients. The medical records of patients who received neurosurgical procedures at our hospital were retrospectively reviewed and data of patients who received reoperations were extracted and summarized. A literature review was conducted of the Medline, Cochrane, EMBA...