Publications by authors named "Mathias B Rasmussen"
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- Psychopharmacological medications might increase the length of hospital stays and readmissions after hip and knee surgeries, suggesting that pausing these medications temporarily could be beneficial.
- A study involving 482 patients undergoing joint replacements in Denmark found that most were on antidepressants, mainly SSRIs and SNRIs, with a majority receiving long-term treatment initiated by general practitioners.
- The findings indicate that temporarily stopping these antidepressants might be practical for hip and knee replacement patients, warranting further research through a randomized controlled trial.
Background And Purpose: The incidence of primary and revision total hip arthroplasty (THA) has increased over the last decades. Previous forecasts from different healthcare systems have predicted a continuous increase. We present a forecast of both primary and revision surgery from 2020 to 2050 based on 25 years data from the healthcare system in Denmark.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPronator teres syndrome is a rare but clinically important condition which can cause pain in the forearm. It is a com-pression neuropathy due to compression of the median nerve proximal in the forearm. In this case report we de-scribe a 69-year-old male patient with pain in both forearms in more than ten years.
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