Issue 4

Volume 81, December 2015

  • editorial

    • Knee Arthroplasty Surgeons : coping with the pressure of treating patients with high expectations

      Emmanuel THIENPONT

      p563-564

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  • review article

    • Unicompartmental knee replacement in the elderly : a systematic review

      Alan HOWIESON, William FARRINGTON

      p565-571

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    • The role of other stakeholders than the surgeon in relation to surgical site infections following total joint replacement

      Bart STUYTS, Elke VAN DEN EEDEN, Peter FENNEMA

      p578-586

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    • The impact of patellofemoral arthritis on unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

      Jiaji YUC, Li ZHANG, Chunxi YANG

      p587-590

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    • Communication between Health Care Professionals and Chronic Pain Patients : Time to change the "Pain Game"

      Patricia LAVAND’HOMME

      p572-577

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  • perspectives

    • Arthroplasty Registries, Patient Safety and Outlier Surgeons : the case for change

      Justin Cobb

      p591-599

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    • Unfolding the Remarkable Orthopedic Surgeon : How to unleash the quest for excellence and the sense of caring

      Philippe Rosinski, Emmanuel Thienpont

      p600-607

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  • original studies

    • Effect of patellar denervation on mid-term results after non-resurfaced total knee arthroplasty : A randomised, controlled trial

      Abdullah ALOMRAN

      p609-613

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    • Prepatellar Friction Syndrome : a common cause of knee pain in the elite cyclist

      Tom CLAES, Steven CLAES, Jeoffrey De ROECK, Toon CLAES

      p614-619

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    • Selective Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) screening of a high risk population does not adequately detect MRSA carriers within a country with low MRSA prevalence

      Solange DE WOUTERS*, Jérémy DAXHELET*, Ludovic KAMINSKI, Emmanuel THIENPONT, Olivier CORNU, Jean CYR YOMBI

      p620-628

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    • Clinical and MRI outcome of an osteochondral scaffold plug for the treatment of cartilage lesions in the knee

      Aad DHOLLANDER, Peter VERDONK, Karl FREDRIK ALMQVIST, Rene VERDONK, Jan VICTOR

      p629-638

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    • Investigation of knee pain in osteoarthritic and neuropathic pain awareness

      Umut Hatay GÖLGE, Halil Murat ?EN, Ersin KUYUCU, Hacer ?EN, Ferdi GÖKSEL, Burak KAYMAZ, Erkam KÖMÜRCÜ

      p639-646

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    • Risk factors for renal dysfunction after total knee joint replacement

      Basim K. HASSAN, Arne SAHLSTRÖM, Ram B. DESSAU

      p647-653

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    • Evaluation of implant alignment in navigated unicompartmental knee arthroplasty : a comparison of 2D and 3D imaging

      Kazunari ISHIDA, Akihiko TODA, Nao SHIBANUMA, Tomoyuki MATSUMOTO, Ryosuke KURODA, Masahiro KUROSAKA

      p654-661

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    • The influence of rating volume in the effects of expert versus patient online ratings

      Lieke C.H. JANS, Anne-Madeleine KRANZBÜHLER

      p662-667

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    • Reliability of patient specific instrumentation in total knee arthroplasty

      Harold JENNART, Marie-Ange NGO YAMBEN, Theofylaktos KYRIAKIDIS, David ZORMAN

      p668-672

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    • Computer navigation helps achieving appropriate gap balancing and restoration of alignment in total knee arthroplasty for fixed valgus knee osteoarthritis irrespective of the surgical approach

      Nikolai KORNILOV, Taras KULYABA, Alexey PETUKHOV, Vasiliy IGNATENKO, Emmanuel THIENPONT

      p673-671

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    • Are patients more satisfied and have better functional outcome after bilateral total knee arthroplasty as compared to total hip arthroplasty and unilateral total knee arthroplasty surgery ? A two-year follow-up study

      Jason Beng Teck LIM, Andrew Chia Chen CHOU, Hwei Chi CHONG, Ngai Nung LO, Shi-lu CHIA, Keng Jin Darren TAY, Seng Jin YEO

      p682-689

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    • Clinical results following meniscal sutures : does concomitant acl repair make a difference ?

      Ana Mª MARTIN-FUENTES, Cristina OJEDA-THIES, Jesus VILA-RICO

      p690-697

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    • The effect of local and systemic application of tranexamic acid on the amount of blood loss and allogeneic blood transfusion after total knee replacement

      Sava? ÖZTA?, Alpaslan ÖZTÜRK, Yavuz AKALIN, Namık ?AHIN, Yüksel ÖZKAN, Ali OTUZBIR, Bülent AVCU

      p698-707

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    • Complications resulting from tracker pin-sites in computer navigated knee replacement surgery

      Anna THOMAS, Gopalakrishna PEMMARAJU, Gurpreet NAGRA, James BASSETT, Shreeram DESHPANDE

      p708-712

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    • A new score assessing the surgical wound of a TKA and its relation with pain, infection and functional outcome

      Raúl TORRES-CLARAMUNT, Sergi GIL-GONZÁLEZ, Joan LEAL, Pedro HINAREJOS, Xavier PELFORT, Lluís PUIG, Albert GINÉS

      p713-719

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    • Local Infiltration Analgesia reduces pain and hospital stay after primary TKA : randomized controlled double blind trial

      Raju VAISHYA, Ajaz Majeed WANI, Vipul VIJAY

      p720-729

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    • Flexion and anterior knee pain after high flexion posterior stabilized or cruciate retaining knee replacement

      Sebastiaan VAN DE GROES, Paul VAN DER VEN, Keetie KREMERS-VAN DE HEI, Sander KOËTER, Nico VERDONSCHOT

      p730-737

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    • Surgical management of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in Belgium anno 2013

      Hans VAN DER BRACHT, Laurent GOUBAU, Bart STUYTS, Alexander SCHEPENS, Peter VERDONK, Jan VICTOR

      p738-746

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    • Insert dissociation after fixed bearing PS constrained Genesis II total knee arthroplasty. A case series of nine patients

      Timothy VOSKUIJL, Thijs A. NIJENHUIS, Gijs G. VAN HELLEMONDT, Jon H. M. GOOSEN

      p747-751

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    • Results of revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a transportal technique

      Bryan WANG, Keng Thiam LEE

      p752-758

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    • Outcome of patellofemoral arthroplasty, determinants for success

      Philippe WILLEKENS, Jan VICTOR, Dimitri VERBRUGGEN, Michiel VANDE KERCKHOVE, Catherine VAN DER STRAETEN

      p759-767

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    • Is the use of modern versus conventional wound dressings warranted after primary knee and hip arthroplasty ? Results of a Prospective Comparative Study

      Kourosh ZARGHOONI, Jan BREDOW, Jan SIEWE, Nicole DEUTLOFF, Heiko Stefan MEYER, Christoph LOHMANN

      p768-775

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    • Obesity does not influence the outcome after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

      Imme ZENGERINK, Tijs DUIVENVOORDEN, Dieu NIESTEN, Hennie VERBURG, Rolf BLOEM, Nina MATHIJSSEN

      p776-783

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    • Comparison of the effectiveness and safety of one-stage versus two-stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty

      Yan-Ting Zhao, Hong-Jun Chu, De-Feng Heng, Jiang Lei

      p784-789

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  • case report

    • Unexpected wear of an unicompartimental knee arthroplasty in oxidized zirconium

      Anais Luyet, Jean-François Fischer, Brigitte M. Jolles, Alexandre Lunebourg

      p790-795

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