Is there a relationship between the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and bilaterality in patients with coxarthrosis?

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and the presence of signs of arthrosis in both hips in patients followed at this medical center.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional, retrospective study through the analysis of medical records and database review of patients over 18 years of age with hip arthrosis, followed at the outpatient clinic of this hospital.

Results: Regarding the analysis of the Mann-Whitney test to correlate the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and laterality, a bi-lateral test result of  = 0.

Total hip arthroplasty: a still evolving technique.

It has been advocated that total hip arthroplasty (THA) is probably the most successful surgical intervention performed in Medicine. In the 1960s, Sir John Charnley not only introduced, but also modified and improved the technique of cemented arthroplasties. The concepts on biological fixation established by Pillar and Galante served as the foundation for the development of uncemented implants that are now used worldwide.

Acetabular revision in total hip arthroplasty with tantalum augmentation and lyophilized bovine xenograft.

Objective: To evaluate a mixed technique of acetabular reconstruction, which uses trabecular metal in the form of tantalum augments associated with lyophilized bovine xenograft.

Methods: Fifteen patients were evaluated prospectively, who underwent acetabular reconstruction with impacted lyophilized bovine xenograft associated with the use of tantalum augments. The main outcome was the failure of the tantalum-bone interface.