Reproducibility of the Barrack and Gruen Grading Systems in Assessing Cement Mantle Quality in Hip Arthroplasty.

Background: Aseptic loosening is the most common cause of failure of cemented femoral stems. This complication, which is directly related to cementation quality, can be assessed radiographically using the Gruen or Barrack bone cementation quality grading systems. However, the reproducibility of these grading systems is uncertain.

Hydroxyapatite-coated total primary hip replacement: 28-year follow-up survivorship.

Background: Survival at 25 years' follow-up for total hip arthroplasty (THA) has been reported at 5%-77%, with hydroxyapatite (HA) coating, due to its osteo-conductive properties, used to enhance implant fixation and survival. The progressive increase in life expectancy raises doubts regarding HA-coated THA survival and THA revision surgery risk. The aim of our study was to retrospectively analyse survival for primary uncemented fully HA-coated THA after 28 years' follow-up.

Mediterranean Diet and Risk of Hip Fracture: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.

Context: Hip fractures are a major public health concern. Understanding their epidemiologic and biological links with diet and cardiovascular risk may have important implications for prevention.

Objective: To assess the dose-response association of Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence with the risk of hip fracture.

Survival and complications of transfibular trabecular metal total ankle replacement - A systematic review.

Background: In the past decade, the transfibular approach to Total Ankle Replacement (TAR) has emerged as an alternative to anterior approach with reduced bone resection. The purpose of this systematic review is to report survival, complications, and reoperation rates of transfibular TAR.

Methods: We conducted a systematic search of studies that evaluated complications, reoperations, and survival of transfibular TAR following PRISMA guidelines across PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science.

Metal Ion Release in Cancer Patients Following Megaprosthesis Salvage Surgery.

Background: Megaprostheses contain many more modular components than conventional total hip and knee arthroplasty, which may lead to higher serum levels of metal ions. The aim of this study was to determine serum concentrations of titanium, chromium, and cobalt ions in cancer patients after limb salvage surgery with a megaprosthesis.

Methods: A retrospective, descriptive cohort analysis consisting of patients who underwent cancer-related limb salvage surgery with a megaprosthesis at our hospital between 2010 and 2020 was conducted.

Is pronator quadratus muscle repair required after anterior plate fixation for distal radial fractures? A prospective randomized comparative study.

In this prospective, randomized comparative study in patients with distal radial fractures, we aimed to determine whether surgical repair of the superficial head after anterior locking plate fixation of the radius improves clinical or functional outcomes or both, and distal radioulnar joint stability. One hundred patients were randomized to undergo distal radial fixation with or without repair of the superficial head. Twenty-one patients were lost to follow-up, leaving a final sample of 79 patients.

Hook Plate as a Treatment for Flexor Digitorum Profundus Avulsion Types II and III.

Avulsion fracture types II and III of flexor digitorum profundus (FPD), also called Jersey Finger, in flexor zone 1 are an uncommon pathology requiring surgical treatment. The aim of this study was to assess whether hook miniplates were an accessible and reliable option to repair FDP avulsion types II and III. Between July and August 2018, we treated 2 consecutive patients' zone 1 Leddy-Packer type II and III FDP injuries with hook plates and 1.

Early smoking-onset age and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality.

Early smoking onset age (SOA) is a public health concern with scant empirical evidence of its role in health outcomes. The study had two aims: i) to assess whether an early SOA was associated with the risk of fatal and non-fatal CVD and all-cause and CVD mortality and ii) to explore the linear and non-linear association between SOA and the outcomes of interest. Data from 4499 current or former smokers, recruited from 1995 to 2005, aged 25 to 79 years, and with a median 7.