Long-term cost and effect on quality of life of osteoporosis-related fractures in Sweden.

Background And Purpose: Few economic or quality-of-life studies have investigated the long-term consequences of fragility fractures. This prospective observational data collection study assessed the cost and quality of life related to hip, vertebral, and wrist fracture 13-18 months after the fracture, based on 684 patients surviving 18 months after fracture.

Patients And Methods: Data regarding resource use and quality of life related to fractures was collected using questionnaires at 7 research centers in Sweden.

Costs and quality of life associated with osteoporosis-related fractures in Sweden.

This prospective observational data collection study assessed the cost and quality of life related to hip, vertebral and wrist fracture 1 year after the fracture, based on a patient sample consisting of 635 male and female patients surviving a year after fracture. Data regarding resource use and quality of life related to fractures was collected by questionnaires at baseline, 4 months and 12 months. Information was collected by the use of patients' records, register sources and by asking the patient.

Hemicallotasis for medial gonarthrosis: a short-term follow-up of 21 patients.

We have prospectively evaluated 21 patients (22 knees; 15 men and 6 women) who underwent hemicallotasis osteotomy (HO), using an external fixator, of the proximal tibia due to medial gonarthrosis. Their median age at the time of operation was 52 (range 39-62) years. The follow- up period was 12-28 months.

Total meniscectomy in adolescence. A thirty-year follow-up.

We have carried out a prospective, longitudinal 30-year review of 95 adolescents who underwent total meniscectomy in one knee, and have compared the results with those observed 13 years earlier. All the medical records were scrutinised. Of the 63 patients reviewed clinically, 47 reported decreased sporting activity, although subjective satisfaction rose by 3% to 71%.

Meniscal regeneration in the long-term after total meniscectomy?

A cohort of 39 patients (28 male, 11 female) that had undergone total meniscectomy as adolescents (mean age 16 years) underwent FISP 3D Magnetic Resonance Imaging at a mean follow up of 30 years. The presence of meniscal tissue was assessed by two independent observers blinded to the operation details. The volume of any meniscal tissue present was calculated.