A week ago Mortensen et al. published a study protocol investigating medial unicompartmental versus total knee arthroplasty for anteromedial tibio-femoral osteoarthritis. This study setting is very interesting. Both total knee replacement (TKR) and unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) can be used to treat medial sided knee osteoarthritis. Mortensen et al. nicely sum up both pros and […]
Tag: orthopaedics
Grabstract,ie. graphical abstract of our recent study on low back pain
There are no studies reporting incidences of specific or serious causes of acute low back pain. Below is our grabstract on a study establishing these incidences. Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00264-018-3983-y
Metal-on-metal hip resurfacings and the year 2019
Hellman et al. addressed the proposed advantages of metal-on-metal (MoM) hip resurfacings (HR) over tradition total hip replacements (THR) in their recent systematic review. There has been relative paucity in the literature regarding positive studies in MoM HRs. Some single surgeon and single center studies have been published, but in general, the study by Hellman […]