Patient population: At the CIM it became clear that the word ‘end stage’ is interpreted differently by different ... In any case, the first decision point in a patient’s pathway at which total hip ...

RA progression involves distinct stages, each bringing different changes to the body. Some are visible and felt, while others ...

Knee and hip replacements have been the standard treatment for end-stage arthritis for more than 40 years. During that time, the rate of surgeries has skyrocketed, more than doubling between 2000 and ...

Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing systems offer an alternative treatment to standard total hip arthroplasty in patients who have end-stage degenerative hip disease. Potential advantages include lower ...

These patients were clinically compared to a consecutive cohort of men who had undergone a primary total hip arthroplasty ... and etiology of end-stage arthritis between the two cohorts (p ...

Rotator cuff tear arthropathy: This is the end stage of very large tears of the rotator cuff ... to foster new growth and promote healing While less common than hip or knee arthritis, shoulder joint ...

Total ankle replacement (TAR) was developed as an alternative to fusion to treat end-stage arthritis whilst preserving some natural biomechanics. However failure rates are relatively high and are ...