EFFECTS OF BARIATRIC SURGERY ON KNEE JOINT PAIN.

Unlabelled: The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that by 2025 about 2.3 billion adults will be overweight, with more than 700 million obese. Obese patients with joint pain and reduced physical function represent a challenging group to treat effectively.

Total knee arthroplasty with mobile tibial weight-bearing: clinical evaluation after a minimum of five years of postoperative follow-up.

Objective: To evaluate the medium and long term results from total knee arthroplasty with rotating tibial weight-bearing.

Methods: Between January 2000 and July 2007, 162 patients underwent total knee arthroplasty with mobile tibial weight-bearing. Among these, 96 were evaluated in a previous study with a mean follow-up of 4 years.

THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURE: CORRELATION BETWEEN KYPHOSIS AND FUNCTION AFTER SURGICAL TREATMENT.

Objective: To assess the correlation between post-traumatic kyphosis in patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures undergoing surgical treatment and the functional result from treatment.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 27 patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures according to Denis and A3 to Margerl's classification who met the inclusion criteria for this sample and underwent surgical treatment with a minimum follow-up of six months. The patients' mean age was 46.