Conversion to reverse shoulder arthroplasty fifty-one years after shoulder arthrodesis: A case report.

Background: Patients with a shoulder arthrodesis generally experience restriction in range of motion and limitations in activities of daily living. In addition, up to one-third of the patients deals with serious peri scapular pain. The conversion of a shoulder arthrodesis in a reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) has been described as an effective treatment to achieve better function and decreased pain, although literature is sparse.

Implant survival in uncemented total hip arthroplasty for displaced intracapsular femoral neck fractures: outcomes of 115 patients in a single center.

Introduction: There remains disagreement about the use of cemented or uncemented total hip arthroplasty (THA) for patients with a displaced intracapsular femoral neck fracture (FNF). The aim of this study was to assess implant survival, mortality, and postoperative complication rates of uncemented THA for a displaced intracapsular FNF in a single center.

Patients And Methods: A cohort of 115 patients who received uncemented THAs for a displaced intracapsular FNF was retrospectively examined for implant survival in terms of revision and any reoperation, mortality, and postoperative complications.

A familial disorder with low bone density and renal phosphate wasting.

Hereditary forms of renal phosphate wasting have been studied thoroughly in the past years. X-linked Hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH), autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets/osteomalacia (ADHR) and autosomal recessive hypophosphatemic rickets (ARHR) are known genetic disorders in which a disturbance of phosphatonins is a causative factor in the pathogenesis. We describe a comparable but yet undescribed disorder in a family in which a 53 year old man presented with a spontaneous fracture after suffering for years with severe fatigue and musculoskeletal pains.