14 Result(s)

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Validation 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...

Erik M. Holzer, Emin Aghayev, Dave O’Riordan, Tamas F. Fekete… in European Spine Journal (2021)

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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.

Philipp Henle, Kathrin S. Bieri… in Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthros… (2019)

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Short-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.

Matthias Christen, Emin Aghayev, Bernhard Christen in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2014)

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Consecutive 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...

Bernhard Christen, Michal Neukamp, Emin Aghayev in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2014)

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Comparison 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 ...

Мaxim L Golovakhа, Weniamin Orljanski… in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2014)

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The course of radiographic loosening, pain and functional outcome around the first revision of a total hip arthroplasty

The published data on pain and physical function before and after revision of total hip arthroplasty (THA) is scarce. The study reports the course and interrelationships of radiographic loosening, pain and phy...

Emin Aghayev, Regula Teuscher, Michal Neukamp, Eu ** Lee… in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2013)

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Trauma registry record linkage: methodological approach to benefit from complementary data using the example of the German Pelvic Injury Register and the TraumaRegister DGU®

In Germany, hospitals can deliver data from patients with pelvic fractures selectively or twofold to two different trauma registries, i.e. the German Pelvic Injury Register (PIR) and the TraumaRegister DGU® (T...

Markus Burkhardt, Ulrike Nienaber, Joerg H Holstein… in BMC Medical Research Methodology (2013)

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No difference in anterior tibial translation with and without posterior cruciate ligament in less invasive total knee replacement

The relative advantages of cruciate retaining or cruciate resecting total knee replacement are still controversial. If the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is preserved, it should be properly balanced. In a p...

Bernhard Christen, Michal Neukamp… in Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthros… (2012)

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Influence of preoperative nucleus pulposus status and radiculopathy on outcomes in mono-segmental lumbar total disc replacement: results from a nationwide registry

Currently, herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) with radiculopathy and other preconditions are regarded as relative or absolute contraindications for lumbar total disc replacement (TDR). In Switzerland it is left ...

Thomas Zweig, Christoph Hemmeler, Emin Aghayev… in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2011)

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Simultaneous bilateral hip replacement reveals superior outcome and fewer complications than two-stage procedures: a prospective study including 1819 patients and 5801 follow-ups from a total joint replacement registry

Total joint replacements represent a considerable part of day-to-day orthopaedic routine and a substantial proportion of patients undergoing unilateral total hip arthroplasty require a contralateral treatment ...

Emin Aghayev, Andreas Beck, Lukas P Staub, Daniel Dietrich… in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2010)

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Sleep quality, the neglected outcome variable in clinical studies focusing on locomotor system; a construct validation study

In addition to general health and pain, sleep is highly relevant to judging the well-being of an individual. Of these three important outcome variables, however, sleep is neglected in most outcome studies.

Emin Aghayev, Haiko Sprott, Dieter Bohler, Christoph Röder… in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2010)

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The International Documentation and Evaluation System IDES: a single center observational case series for development of an ankle prosthesis documentation questionnaire and study of its feasibility and face validity

The number of implanted total ankle replacements is increasing and most articles present short- and mid-term results. Comparison of outcomes is difficult because of inconsistent terminology and different use o...

Peter Diel, Christoph Thier, Emin Aghayev… in Journal of Foot and Ankle Research (2010)

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The international spine registry SPINE TANGO: status quo and first results

Markus Melloh, Lukas Staub, Emin Aghayev, Thomas Zweig… in European Spine Journal (2008)

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Differences across health care systems in outcome and cost-utility of surgical and conservative treatment of chronic low back pain: a study protocol

There is little evidence on differences across health care systems in choice and outcome of the treatment of chronic low back pain (CLBP) with spinal surgery and conservative treatment as the main options. At ...

Markus Melloh, Christoph Röder, Achim Elfering… in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2008)