Long-term mortality and causes of death among patients with a total knee prosthesis in primary osteoarthritis.

Background: Short and midterm mortality of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) who have undergone total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is generally lower than that of the general population. Due to an increasing number of young patients who undergo TKA the expected lifetime of these patients is increasing. The purpose of this study was to assess the causes of death and long-term mortality among Finnish TKA patients.

Cancer incidence and cause-specific mortality in patients with metal-on-metal hip replacements in Finland.

Background And Purpose: Metal-on-metal hip implants have been widely used, especially in the USA, Australia, England and Wales, and Finland. We assessed risk of death and updated data on the risk of cancer related to metal-on-metal hip replacements.

Patients And Methods: A cohort of 10,728 metal-on-metal hip replacement patients and a reference cohort of 18,235 conventional total hip replacement patients were extracted from the Finnish Arthroplasty Register for the years 2001-2010.

Risk of cancer with metal-on-metal hip replacements: population based study.

Objective: To assess the risk of cancer associated with modern primary metal-on-metal hip replacements.

Design: Population based study.

Setting: Nationwide retrospective comparative register.

Surgical Technique for Treating Acute Ruptures of the Lateral Ligament Complex of the Ankle.

Introduction: Surgical treatment of an acute lateral ligament rupture is occasionally warranted.

Step 1 Incision: Make a skin incision from the anterior aspect of the fibula and curve it inferiorly and posteriorly.

Step 2 Repair: Repair the ligaments with absorbable sutures; if there is bone avulsion, pass the sutures through drill holes or use a suture anchor.

Patellofemoral osteoarthritis in patients with operative treatment for patellar dislocation: a magnetic resonance-based analysis.

Purpose: the clinical role of patellofemoral (PF) osteoarthrosis (OA) in the outcome after PF stabilizing surgery is poorly understood. The study hypothesis was that PF cartilage lesions and OA are associated with a poor long-term outcome after PF stabilizing surgery.

Methods: the study cohort included thirty-seven patients who underwent PF stabilizing surgery by traditional nonanatomic procedures and were evaluated a minimum of 10 years (range 10-21) after surgery.