Background: Proponents of navigated knee arthroplasty stress its potential to increase the
precision of component placement. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to …

The results of periacetabular osteotomy, with and without intertrochanteric osteotomy, performed
between January 1984 and December 1990, were reviewed for forty-two patients who …

Objective To determine whether total hip arthroplasty is associated with lower reoperation
rates, mortality, and complications, and better function and quality of life than hemiarthroplasty …

Background Ultrasonography (performed by means of a four‐quadrant, focused assessment
of sonography for trauma (FAST)) is regarded as a key instrument for the initial assessment …

We set out to evaluate the clinical efficacy of individual antibiotic agents for bone and joint
infections in adults. Published and unpublished controlled trials reported between 1966 and …

Importance Effects of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke are time-dependent. Ambulances
that can administer thrombolysis (mobile stroke units [MSUs]) before arriving at the hospital …

During the last decades the influence of physical factors on fracture healing has been widely
described. With the use of shock waves for the treatment of urolithiasis, a new mechanical …

One of the promising possibilities of the clinical application of cold plasma, so-called cold
atmospheric plasma (CAP), is its application on malignant cells and cancer tissue using its anti-…

The estimated prevalence of liver injury in patients with blunt multiple trauma ranges from 1%
to 8%. The objective of this study was to investigate the profile of accompanying liver injury …

Heparin can induce heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). The combined effect of type
of surgery (major vs minor) and heparin on this prothrombotic immune reaction to platelet …