A long-term follow-up of 60 Lord total hip arthroplasties in rheumatic disease: a mean follow-up of 14 years

The aim of the study was to analyse the survivorship of 60 total hip arthroplasties using the cementless Lord prosthesis in 51 patients with inflammatory joint disease. Patients were operated on between the years 1985 and 1988. The mean follow-up time was 13.8 (4.0–18.6) years. During the follow-up, one deep infection was encountered, and seven patients died of causes unrelated to the hip replacement. Revision surgery or death of the patient was used as an end point. The overall survival was 88.1% [95% confidence interval (CI) 76.6–94.1] for the stem, and 64.3% (95% CI 50.6–75.1) for the cup at 15 years. Causes for revision surgery were loosening of the cup in 17 hips, loosening of both components in five hips, and one deep infection

Cementless total hip arthroplasty in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review of the literature

Development and application of statistical models for medical scientific researc

Systematic review of patellar resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty

Controversies existing over resurfacing the patella in total knee arthroplasty remain in the literature. The purpose of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of resurfacing versus nonresurfacing the patella in total knee arthroplasty. We searched the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE and EMBASE for published randomised clinical trials relevant to patellar resurfacing. The relative risk of reoperation was significantly lower for the patellar resurfacing group than for the nonresurfacing group (relative risk 0.57, 95% confidence interval 0.38–0.84, P = 0.004). The overall incidence of postoperative anterior knee pain of the 1,421 knees included was 12.9% in the patellar resurfacing group and 24.1% in the nonresurfacing group. The existing evidence indicates that patellar resurfacing can reduce the risk of reoperation with no improvement in postoperative knee function or patient satisfaction over total knee arthroplasty without patellar resurfacing. Whether it can decrease the incidence of anterior knee pain remains uncertain