Introduction: Access to rehabilitation services after a traumatic injury improves functional outcomes. No study has examined the association between injury intent, violent versus nonviolent, and receipt of rehabilitation services after injury.
Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of injured adult patients admitted to our level I trauma center from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2021.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken)
December 2024
Alcohol consumption is an established cause of female breast cancer. This systematic review examines in detail the association between alcohol and female breast cancer overall and among the described subgroups, using all of the evidence to date. A systematic review of PubMed and Embase was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The purpose of this study is to assess the short-term survivorship of a new cementless total knee arthroplasty (TKA) design in comparison to its cemented predecessor design in a young patient cohort less than 65 years of age.
Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of all primary TKAs (cemented and cementless) in patients under the age of 65 at the time of the index procedure, in a single institution between May 2018 and May 2019. Primary outcome variables included aseptic revision and all-cause revision.
» The demographic profile of candidates for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is shifting toward younger and more active individuals.» While cemented fixation remains the gold standard in TKA, the interest is growing in exploring cementless fixation as a potentially more durable alternative.» Advances in manufacturing technologies are enhancing the prospects for superior long-term biological fixation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Alcohol health-warning labels are a policy option that can contribute to the reduction of alcohol-related harms, but their effects and public perception depend on their content and format. Our study aimed to investigate the effect of health warnings on knowledge that alcohol causes cancer, the perceptions of three different message topics (responsible drinking, general health harm of alcohol, and alcohol causing cancer), and the role of images included with the cancer message.
Methods: In this online survey experiment, distributed in 14 European countries and targeting adults of the legal alcohol-purchase age who consumed alcohol, participants were randomly allocated to one of six label conditions using a pseudorandom number generator stratified by survey language before completing a questionnaire with items measuring knowledge and label perceptions.
Background And Aims: Previously identified national drinking patterns in Europe lack comparability and might be no longer be valid due to changes in economic conditions and policy frameworks. We aimed to identify the most recent alcohol drinking patterns in Europe based on comparable alcohol exposure indicators using a data-driven approach, as well as identifying temporal changes and establishing empirical links between these patterns and indicators of alcohol-related harm.
Design: Data from the World Health Organization's monitoring system on alcohol exposure indicators were used.
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol
August 2024
Background: Manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) is a well-established treatment for stiffness after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Risk factors for failure of MUA remain largely unknown. The primary aim of this study was to identify risk factors for failure of MUA after TKA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Genetics play an important role in several medical domains; however, the influence of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genotype on the development of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in total hip arthroplasty (THA) remains unknown. The primary aim of this study was to determine if HLA genotype is associated with the development of bacterial PJI in THA. Secondarily, we evaluated the association between HLA genotype and PJI treatment success.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Wagner Cone Prosthesis was designed to address complex femoral deformities during total hip arthroplasty (THA), but its mid-term component survivorship and functional outcomes remain undetermined. The objectives of this study were to determine the implant survivorship, patient satisfaction, functional outcomes, osseointegration as seen radiographically, implant subsidence, and complications of THA using the Wagner Cone Prosthesis stem at intermediate-term follow-up.
Methods: This study involved 302 patients with proximal femoral deformities, including developmental hip dysplasia and Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, who underwent a total of 320 primary THAs using the Wagner Cone Prosthesis.
Objectives: This paper describes the design and implementation of an online survey experiment to investigate the effects of alcohol warning labels on alcohol-related knowledge, risk perceptions and intentions.
Method: The survey collected self-reported data from 14 European countries through two waves of data collection with different recruitment strategies: dissemination via social media and public health agencies was followed by paid-for Facebook ads. The latter strategy was adopted to achieve broader population representation.
Aims: There are limited long-term studies reporting on outcomes of the Zimmer Modular Revision (ZMR) stem, and concerns remain regarding failure. Our primary aim was to determine long-term survival free from all-cause revision and stem-related failure for this modular revision stem in revision total hip arthroplasty (THA). Secondary aims included evaluating radiological and functional outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatient and implant selection is essential to optimize outcome. Femoral bone loss classifications such as the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Gross, and Paprosky classifications permit surgeons to systematically manage bone stock deficiencies and guide implant selection. Here we provide a comprehensive report on the pitfalls and management of this reconstructive challenge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Porous tantalum metaphyseal cones may facilitate reconstructions of severe bone defects during revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but there remains a paucity of data on their outcomes at mean 5 years of follow-up. This study reports the component survivorship, patient satisfaction, functional outcomes, radiographic osseointegration, and complications of revision TKA with porous tantalum metaphyseal cones at mid-term (mean 5-year) follow-up.
Methods: This study included 152 patients who had a mean age of 66 years (range, 33 to 86 years) undergoing revision TKA with porous tantalum metaphyseal cones.
Although one-stage exchange arthroplasty is gaining popularity, two-stage exchange arthroplasty remains the gold standard for the treatment of periprosthetic joint infections. Use of an articulating spacer for this procedure offers an avenue for maintaining hip motion and controlled weight-bearing, allowing local antibiotic elution. However, there is no uniform consensus on the optimal surgical protocol for using articulating spacers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: In the EU, which has the highest drinking levels worldwide, cancer is the primary cause of alcohol-attributable deaths. Existing studies show gaps in public knowledge, but there is lack of systematic appraisal. The report presents original data from a cross-sectional survey conducted within the framework of an online experimental study in 14 European countries, which among other things assessed baseline knowledge of the alcohol-NCD link, particularly cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is a paucity of literature regarding the mid-term (greater than 2 years) outcomes of revision for adverse local tissue reaction to metal debris due to corrosion at the head-neck junction (trunnionosis) in metal-on-polyethylene total hip arthroplasty (THA), and risk factors for re-revision remain largely unknown. We aimed to report the re-revision-free survival and functional outcomes for this patient population and to identify risk factors for re-revision.
Methods: A total of 80 hips (79 patients) with a metal-on-polyethylene THA who had undergone revision for trunnionosis at our institution were included.
Background: Recent evidence on the cost-effectiveness of technology in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) demonstrated that navigated computer-assisted methods (N-TKA) is likely to be most cost-effective in the clinical setting. The aim of the current meta-analysis is to compare radiographic, clinical and functional outcomes between conventional TKA (C-TKA) and N-TKA methods.
Methods: All prospective randomized controlled trials (pRCTs) comparing primary TKA performed using C-TKA and N-TKA techniques were eligible for inclusion.
Background: With notable benefits in reducing length of stay (LOS), this study aimed to quantify the temporal trend and the factors contributing to increased LOS for primary and revision total hip (THA and rTHA) and knee (TKA and rTKA) arthroplasty. The study was carried out for a large population-based cohort over a 20-year period.
Methods: This was a retrospective population-based study assessing the LOS for all primary and revision THA and TKA procedures between 2003 and 2022.
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is one of the most widely used screening instruments worldwide. Although it was translated into many languages, not many country-specific adaptations exist, and a formal validation procedure of the Russian version has been carried out only recently. The present contribution documents the different steps taken to formally translate and adapt a Russian-specific version of the AUDIT (RUS-AUDIT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlcohol use is a major risk factor for burden of disease. This narrative review aims to document the effects of major alcohol control policies, in particular taxation increases and availability restrictions in the three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) between 2000 and 2020. These measures have been successful in curbing alcohol sales, in general without increasing consumption of alcoholic beverages from unrecorded sources; although for more recent changes this may have been partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Public Health
December 2023
Background: Alcohol increases cancer risk, but less is known about public awareness of this link. This scoping review summarizes recent findings on the public awareness of alcohol as a cancer risk factor in European Union and UK.
Methods: Four databases (Web of Science, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, CINAHL) were searched for papers containing data on awareness of alcohol as cancer risk factor in EU or UK published between January 2017 and December 2022, and complemented with grey literature searches.
Cannabis use among the elderly has increased over the previous 2 decades. This has translated to a greater proportion of orthopedic procedures being undertaken on these patients. This review provides clinicians with evidence-based information on the effects of cannabis on pain control in THA and TKA, to help counsel these patients and facilitate their perioperative management.
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