Lengthening the moment arm of the patella confers enhanced extensor mechanism power following total knee arthroplasty David F. Hamilton*, A. Hamish R.W. Simpson, Richard Burnett, James T. Patton, Matthew Moran, Nicholas D. Clement, Colin R. Howie, Paul Gaston Article first published online: 20 MAR 2013DOI: 10.1002/jor.22344 Journal of Orthopaedic Research Volume 31, Issue 8, pages 1201–1207, August 2013 Quality of Evidence: Therapy Level 2 Randomised […]
Highly cross linked polyethylene does not offer any advantage in TKA
Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene Does Not Reduce the Wear in Total Knee Arthroplasty: In Vivo Study of Particles in Synovial Fluid Pedro Hinarejos, MD, PhD, Ignasi Piñol, MD, Alberto Torres, MD, Eva Prats, MD, Gabriel Gil-Gómez, PhD, Lluis Puig-Verdie, MD, PhD The Journal of Arthroplasty Volume 28, Issue 8 , Pages 1333-1337, September 2013 Level of Evidence: Therapeutic level 2 Randomised Control Trial Aim of the study The […]
BMP-2 may lead to Cancer
Cancer Risk After Use of Recombinant Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 for Spinal Arthrodesis Eugene J. Carragee, MD1; Gilbert Chu, ; Rajat Rohatgi, Eric L. Hurwitz, DC, Bradley K. Weiner, S. Tim Yoon, Garet Comer, Branko Kopjar, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 450 Broadway Street, Pavilion C, 4th Floor, Redwood City, CA […]