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Das Sprunggelenkregister der Deutschen Assoziation für Fuß- und Sprunggelenk e. V. (D.A.F.) zur Behandlung der fortgeschrittenen Sprunggelenkarthrose – wo liegt der klinische Nutzen?
Ursprünglich als freiwilliges Endoprothesenregister für die Versorgung des oberen Sprunggelenks (OSG) etabliert, erlaubt das Register die Auswertung von Revisionen, Komplikationen sowie klinischen und funktion...
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Open AccessValidation of a surgical invasiveness index in patients with lumbar spinal disorders registered in the Spine Tango registry
Being able to quantify the invasiveness of a surgical procedure is important to weigh up its associated risks, since invasiveness governs the blood loss, operative time and likelihood of complications. Mirza e...
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Development and temporal validation of a prognostic model for 1-year clinical outcome after decompression surgery for lumbar disc herniation
Surgeons need tools to provide individualised estimates of surgical outcomes and the uncertainty surrounding these, to convey realistic expectations to the patient. This study developed and validated prognosti...
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Predictors for secondary hip osteoarthritis after acetabular fractures—a pelvic registry study
Secondary hip osteoarthritis after acetabular fractures requiring total arthroplasty (THA) poses a huge burden on the affected patients as well as health systems. The present study aimed to assess risk factors...
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Dynamic intraligamentary stabilization of anterior cruciate ligament repair: hardware removal has no effect on knee laxity at 2-year follow-up
Dynamic intraligamentary stabilization (DIS) stabilizes the knee joint during anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) healing. After 6 months, tibial hardware removal is offered to the patients if local discomfort at...
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Correction to: Patient and surgical characteristics that affect revision risk in dynamic intraligamentary stabilization of the anterior cruciate ligament
The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake.
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Patient and surgical characteristics that affect revision risk in dynamic intraligamentary stabilization of the anterior cruciate ligament
Failure of dynamic intraligamentary stabilization (DIS) that requires revision surgery of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) has not been studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of re...
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Incidental durotomy in decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis: incidence, risk factors and effect on outcomes in the Spine Tango registry
The three aims of this Spine Tango registry study of patients undergoing decompression for spinal stenosis were to: report the rate of dural tear (DT) stratified by treatment centre; find factors associated wi...
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The Oswestry Disability Index, confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 35,263 verifies a one-factor structure but practicality issues remain
To analyze the factor structure of the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) in a large symptomatic low back pain (LBP) population using exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).
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Predictors of improvement in quality of life and pain relief in lumbar spinal stenosis relative to patient age: a study based on the Spine Tango registry
An open decompression is the most common treatment for lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LSS), even in the elderly. However, it is not clear whether the treatment outcome is age dependent. The main purpose of this...
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Is the duration of pre-operative conservative treatment associated with the clinical outcome following surgical decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis? A study based on the Spine Tango Registry
The incidence of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) continues to rise, with both conservative and surgical management representing options for its treatment. The timing of surgery for LSS varies from shortly after t...
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Lavage prior to vertebral augmentation reduces the risk for cement leakage
This study aimed at assessing the cement leakage rate and the filling pattern in patients treated with vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty and stentoplasty with and without a newly developed lavage technique.
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Reduction of cement leakage by sequential PMMA application in a vertebroplasty model
Leakage is the most common complication of percutaneous cement augmentation of the spine. The viscosity of the polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement is strongly correlated with the likelihood of cement leakage...
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Influence of previous surgery on patient-rated outcome after surgery for degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine
Few studies have used multivariate models to quantify the effect of multiple previous spine surgeries on patient-oriented outcome after spine surgery. This study sought to quantify the effect of prior spine s...
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Driving and emergency braking may be impaired after tibiotalar joint arthrodesis: conclusions after a case series
To assess whether reaction time (RT) and movement time (MT), as the two components of the total brake response time (TBRT) and brake force (BF) are different in patients with a foot joint arthrodesis in compar...
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Patient outcomes after laminotomy, hemilaminectomy, laminectomy and laminectomy with instrumented fusion for spinal canal stenosis: a propensity score-based study from the Spine Tango registry
To compare patient outcomes and complication rates after different decompression techniques or instrumented fusion (IF) in lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).
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Open AccessShort-term functional versus patient-reported outcome of the bicruciate stabilized total knee arthroplasty: prospective consecutive case series
The main goals of the standard treatment for advanced symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, total knee arthroplasty (TKA), are pain reduction and restoration of knee motion.
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Open AccessConsecutive series of 226 journey bicruciate substituting total knee replacements: early complication and revision rates
The Journey bicruciate substituting (BCS) total knee replacement (TKR) is intended to improve knee kinematics by more closely approximating the surfaces of a normal knee. The purpose of this analysis was to ad...
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Five-year results of lumbar disc prostheses in the SWISSspine registry
The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health demanded a nationwide HTA registry for lumbar total disc arthroplasty (TDA), to decide about its reimbursement. The goal of the SWISS spine registry is to generate evi...
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Open AccessComparison of theoretical fixation stability of three devices employed in medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy: a finite element analysis
Medial open wedge high tibial osteotomy is a well-established procedure for the treatment of unicompartmental osteoarthritis and symptomatic varus malalignment. We hypothesized that different fixation devices ...
