In symptomatic end-stage osteoarthritis of the ankle joint, total ankle replacement and ankle arthrodesis are the two primary surgical options for patients for whom conservative treatment fails. Published revision rates are often biased and difficult to compare. In this study, unplanned reoperation rate...
80 men and 50 women aged 39 to 80 years who had been driving automatic (n=49) or manual (n=81) cars in the previous 3 months and underwent unilateral primary THR of the right (n=85) or left (n=45) hip were recruited. Patients were advised to resume driving after 6 weeks if ...
To account for extremely high costs and a right-skewed distribution in costs, total costs were Winsorized to the 80th percentile. This process sets all cost values above the 80th percentile to the value of the 80th percentile. To obtain direct costs, the true costs associated with providing...
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2022) 23:451 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05423-5 RESEARCH Open Access Experiences of recovery and a new care pathway for people with pain after total knee replacement: qualitative research embedded in the STAR trial Andrew Moore1*, ...