Arthrofibrosis is the pathological stiffening of a joint due to an exaggerated inflammatory response. As a relatively common complication following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), this benign appearing connective tissue hyperplasia can cause significant disability among patients as the concomitant knee pain ...
Patellar tendon ruptures also can occur as a complication of total knee arthroplasty, [6] anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using the patellar tendon as an autograft, [7] or excision of chronic tendinosis. However, the etiology and treatment in these circumstances are beyond the ...
The past 10 years have seen the publication of results from several multicentre clinical trials in primary and (SSc)-related . The publication of these stu... Herrick,L Ariane - 《Nature Reviews Rheumatology》 被引量: 223发表: 2012年 Metacarpophalangeal joint arthroplasty in rheumatoid arthritis...
Figure 1 – The stages of osteoarthritis, as demonstrated in the knee jointRisk Factors Osteoarthritis has a multifactorial aetiology and can be primary (with no obvious cause) or secondary (due to trauma, infiltrative disease or connective tissue diseases). Risk factors for primary OA include obes...
O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) protein modification (O-GlcNAcylation) is a critical post-translational modification (PTM) of cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins. O-GlcNAcylation levels are regulated by the activity of two enzymes, O-GlcNAc transfer
With the development of early HO at the hip or knee, effusion may be noted at the knee. Workup in heterotopic ossification Laboratory studies are non-specific and include the following: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) - This is an inflammatory marker that is commonly used; the development...
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Section of Surgical Pathophysiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark The Lundbeck Centre for fast‐track Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, DenmarkJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdActa Anaesthesiologica ScandinavicaKrenk L, Rasmussen LS, Kehlet H. New insights into the patho- physiology of postoperative cognitive ...
Some of the conditions that seem to benefit from antifibrinolytic drugs involve trauma, postpartum hemorrhage, cardiac surgery, spine surgery, knee or hip arthroplasty, urological and gynecological surgery, among others. However, there are currently few publications focusing on the perioperative ...