The Effect of Alexithymia, Attention, and Pain Characteristics on Mentalizing Abilities Among Adults With Chronic Pain.

Impaired mentalizing abilities are found among persons with chronic pain, yet it is still unknown why. The current study focuses on mentalizing abilities and how these could be affected by different pain factors, alexithymia traits, and other aspects of psychological functioning (depression, anxiety, attention) in persons experiencing chronic pain. 71 participants (80.

Choice of approach, but not femoral head size, affects revision rate due to dislocations in THA after femoral neck fracture: results from the Lithuanian Arthroplasty Register.

Purpose: Hip dislocation after arthroplasty for femoral neck fractures (FNF) remains a serious complication. The aim of our study was to investigate FNF patients treated with THA, with a special focus of comparing the effect of surgical approach and femoral head size on the risk of revision for dislocation.

Methods: Data were derived from the Lithuanian Arthroplasty Register, and we calculated the cumulative revision rates after surgery.

First outcome results after total knee and hip replacement from the Lithuanian arthroplasty register.

Background And Objective: In 2010, the Lithuanian Association of Arhtroplasty was established and on January 1, 2011, initiated a national study of all reoperations after total knee (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) in Lithuania. The aim of the study was to investigate the revision rates after TKR and THR at two years follow-up.

Materials And Methods: Lithuanian patients undergoing primary TKR and THR from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2012, were included in the study.