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Custom-made rotating hinge total knee replacement in a patient with congenital tibial deficiency avoids the need for amputation
We report a unique case of a patient with type 2 congenital tibial deficiency and disabling knee osteoarthritis in whom a custom-made rotating hinge knee replacement was successfully performed, allowing contin...
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Open AccessPotential therapeutic targets for chordoma: PI3K/AKT/TSC1/TSC2/mTOR pathway
Chordomas are radio- and chemo-resistant tumours and metastasise in as many as 40% of patients. The aim of this study was to identify potential molecular targets for the treatment of chordoma. In view of the r...
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Autotransfusion drains in total knee replacement. Are they alternatives to homologous transfusion?
We prospectively randomised 104 consecutive patients undergoing primary cemented total knee arthroplasty into two groups of 52 patients each, with one group to receive a standard suction drain (Redivac) and th...
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Diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis of the foot and ankle treated with surgery and radiotherapy
We followed up seven patients with histologically confirmed diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis in a prospective study between 1992 and 2001. The mean age at diagnosis was 30.7 years. The patients underwe...
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Chondroid lipoma: correlation of imaging findings and histopathology of an unusual benign lesion
The imaging findings of soft tissue tumours are often non-specific and generally require biopsy to differentiate between benign and malignant lesions. The finding of curvilinear, annular or amorphous mineralis...