Publications by authors named "Victor Waide"
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- Osteolytic metastases around the acetabulum can cause severe pain and structural issues in cancer patients, leading to a poor quality of life, and percutaneous acetabuloplasty is a mini-invasive procedure to manage these lesions, especially for those unfit for major surgery or ineffective radiotherapy.
- A study with 25 patients evaluated pain and mobility before and after the procedure using various assessment tools; results showed significant improvements in pain relief and quality of life during the first six months post-operation.
- While 59% of patients achieved complete pain relief and 41% reported pain reduction, the positive effects were mostly temporary and worsened after six months, indicating that percutaneous acetabuloplasty can aid other treatments for managing pain in patients
An experimental analogue to model the fibrous tissue layer in cemented hip replacements.
J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater
May 2004
Fibrous tissue at the bone-cement interface of cemented joint replacements has been reported frequently in cases of revisions made necessary by aseptic loosening. This work describes the development of in vitro specimens suitable for biomechanical modeling of cemented femoral hip replacements with a fibrous tissue layer at the bone-cement interface. In particular, a series of uniaxial compression tests were performed on silicone elastomer specimens to identify a suitable analogue with similar mechanical characteristics to those reported for the fibrous tissue layer.
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