Perioperative patient safety indicators-A Delphi study.

Aim: To identify, define and achieve consensus on perioperative patient safety indicators within a Swedish context.

Design: A modified Delphi method.

Methods: A purposeful sample of 22 experts, all experienced operating room nurse specialists, was recruited for this study.

Longer work experience and age associated with safety attitudes in operating room nurses: an online cross-sectional study.

Background: Patient safety is fundamental when providing care in the operating room. Still, adverse events and errors are a challenge for patient safety worldwide. To avoid preventable patient harm, organisations need a positive safety culture, the measurable component of which is known as the safety climate.

Uncemented trabecular metal high-flex posterior-stabilized monoblock total knee arthroplasty in patients aged 60 years or younger.

Background: Uncemented trabecular metal (TM) monoblock tibial components in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have shown excellent clinical results for up to 10 years. However, these studies were performed in highly specialized units, with few surgeons and often excluding knees with secondary osteoarthritis (OA), severe malalignments and previous surgery. The purpose of this study was to investigate implant survivorship and clinical and radiological outcome of the uncemented TM high-flex posterior stabilized (PS) monoblock tibial component in routine clinical practice.

11-Year outcomes in patients with metal-on-metal ASR hip arthroplasty.

Background: We analysed the long-term revision rate, clinical outcomes and metal ion concentrations in blood over time in patients who had undergone metal-on-metal Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) hip arthroplasty.

Methods: A total of 38 patients (43 hips) were included: 24 patients (28 hips) underwent large-head total hip arthroplasty (XL THA), and 14 patients (15 hips) underwent hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA). The median follow-up time was 11 (range 7-12) years.

The accuracy of digital templating in cementless total hip arthroplasty in dysplastic hips.

Background: Total hip arthroplasty (THA) for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a complex procedure due to associated anatomical abnormalities. We studied the extent to which preoperative digital templating is reliable when performing cementless THA in patients with DDH.

Methods: We templated and compared the pre- and postoperative sizes of the acetabular and femoral components and the center of rotation (COR), and analysed the postoperative cup coverage, leg length discrepancy (LLD), and stem alignment in 50 patients (56 hips) with DDH treated with THA.

Patient safety during joint replacement surgery: experiences of operating room nurses.

Background: Avoidable complications for surgical patients still occur despite efforts to improve patient safety processes in operating rooms. Analysis of experiences of operating room nurses can contribute to better understanding of perioperative processes and flow, and why avoidable complications still occur.

Aim: To explore aspects of patient safety practice during joint replacement surgery through assessment of operating room nurse experiences.

Evaluation of a new cemented highly cross-linked all-polyethylene cup: a prospective and randomised study assessing wear and fixation characteristics using radiostereometric analysis.

Background And Purpose: The aim of this prospective, randomised and controlled study was to evaluate the wear and fixation properties of a new cemented highly cross-linked all-polyethylene (HXLPE) cup in comparison with a conventional cemented ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (ConvPE) cup using radiostereometric analysis (RSA).

Patients And Methods: A total of 58 patients (58 hips) with primary osteoarthritis (OA) were enrolled in a randomised controlled trial to receive either a ConvPE cup (control) or HXLPE cup (intervention) with identical geometry. The subjects were randomised in a 1:1 ratio.

Posterior and anterior tilt increases the risk of failure after internal fixation of Garden I and II femoral neck fracture.

Background and purpose - Preoperative posterior tilt of the femoral head as seen on lateral radiographs has been reported to affect the risk of fixation failure in cases of minimally displaced femoral neck fractures (Garden I-II). We investigated radiological risk factors of treatment failure.Patients and methods - We included 417 patients (68% women, median age: 78 years (50-108) with a minimally displaced femoral neck fracture (Garden I-II) treated with internal fixation in a retrospective cohort study.

Uncemented cups with and without screw holes in primary THA: a Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register study with 22,725 hips.

Background and purpose - Uncemented cups in total hip arthroplasty (THA) are often augmented with additional screws to enhance their primary stability. We investigated whether there is a difference in the risk for revision between cups with screw holes and cups without screw holes. Patients and methods - We analyzed the risk for cup revision of uncemented cups registered in the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register (SHAR) between 2000 and 2017 with respe ct to the presence of screw holes.

Are CT Scans a Satisfactory Substitute for the Follow-Up of RSA Migration Studies of Uncemented Cups? A Comparison of RSA Double Examinations and CT Datasets of 46 Total Hip Arthroplasties.

As part of the 14-year follow-up of a prospectively randomized radiostereometry (RSA) study on uncemented cup fixation, two pairs of stereo radiographs and a CT scan of 46 hips were compared. Tantalum beads, inserted during the primary operation, were detected in the CT volume and the stereo radiographs and used to produce datasets of 3D coordinates. The limit of agreement between the combined CT and RSA datasets was calculated in the same way as the precision of the double RSA examination.

Stability of Uncemented Cups - Long-Term Effect of Screws, Pegs and HA Coating: A 14-Year RSA Follow-Up of Total Hip Arthroplasty.

Screws, pegs and hydroxyapatite-coating are used to enhance the primary stability of uncemented cups. We present a 14-year follow-up of 48 hips randomized to four groups: press-fit only, press-fit plus screws, press-fit plus pegs and hydroxyapatite-coated cups. Radiostereometric migration measurements showed equally good stability regardless cup augmentation.