Lancet Reg Health Eur
December 2024
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Current prediction models for mainland Europe do not include ethnicity, despite ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. SCORE2 performance was evaluated across the largest ethnic groups in the Netherlands and ethnic backgrounds were added to the model.
Methods: 11,614 participants, aged between 40 and 70 years without CVD, from the population-based multi-ethnic HELIUS study were included.
Background: The anterior femoral cortical window is an attractive alternative to the extended trochanteric osteotomy when removing femoral cement in revision hip arthroplasty. CT-based additive manufacturing technology has now permitted the creation of patient-specific instrumented (PSI) jigs to facilitate this. The jig simplifies creation of the window, potentiating medullary exposure through an optimally-sized window and therefore cement removal.
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