The records of 217 consecutive patients who underwent a primary total hip or total knee
arthroplasty were reviewed for preoperative and post-operative nutritional status. Fifty-seven …

Twenty-one infected total knee arthroplasties (TKA) in 21 patients were treated from
September 1980 through October 1987. Of these, 15 were followed for more than one year. …

Optimum treatment of the infected total knee arthroplasty has not been clearly established.
To clarify the efficacy of two-stage reimplantation, experience with 66 infected total knee …

To compare the physical properties of debris particles associated with failed total hip and
total knee arthroplasty, we applied a recently developed assay to electronically characterize …

Between 1975 and 1977, 30 patients with traumatic arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis underwent
36 Conaxial (Beck-Steffee) ankle replacements (DePuy, Warsaw, IN). Thirty-two were …

When aseptic failure of the bond between the cement and the prosthesis of a total joint
replacement occurs, complete removal of the cement has been advocated before the insertion of …

Particles of wear debris have been associated with loosening of implants and with osteolysis,
but few studies have examined the relationship between characteristics of the implant and …

Knee arthrodesis with curved intramedullary rods was performed in 12 patients after infected
total knee arthroplasty. The underlying pathologic condition was osteoarthritis in nine …

To study relationships between design and wear, particles were isolated from tissues
around 75 failed primary total knee prostheses, and particle size and concentration were …

Osteoid osteomas have been a well rec-ognized entity since the original report by Jaffe in
1935." The diagnosis of osteoid osteoma can be difficult, particularly when the tumor is located …