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    Survivorship of the fixed-bearing medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: mean 14-year follow-up in a single medical center

    This study aimed to report the long-term survival of fixed-bearing medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) with a mean of 14-year follow-up, and to determine possible risk factors of failure.

    Kung-Tseng Hung, Chun‑Chieh Chen, Yu-Chih Lin in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2024)

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    Clinical outcomes of various types of revision surgeries after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty failure

    The advantages of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) have led to the procedure being increasingly performed worldwide. However, revision surgery is required after UKA failure. According to the literature...

    Shih-Hui Peng, Chun-Chieh Chen, Sheng-Hsun Lee in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2023)

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    Higher reinfection rate after two-stage revision arthroplasty in patients with refractory diabetes mellitus: a retrospective analysis with a minimum ten-year follow up

    Treatment protocols for two-stage revision arthroplasty with diabetes mellitus (DM) have not yet been established. The control of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in two-stage revision arthroplasty is still debated...

    Yu-Chih Lin, Yi-Hsuan Lin, Jian-Hong Chou, Yu-Tai Lo in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2022)

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    Application of structural allogenous bone graft in two-stage exchange arthroplasty for knee periprosthetic joint infection: a case control study

    Knee prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a common but devastating complication after knee arthroplasty. The revision surgeries for knee PJI may become more challenging when it is associated with large bone def...

    Chieh An Chuang, Sheng-Hsun Lee, Chih-Hsiang Chang in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2022)

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    Correction to: Trend of serum C-reactive protein is associated with treatment outcome of hip Periprosthetic joint infection undergoing two-stage exchange arthroplasty: a case control study

    Zhong-Yan Li, Yu-Chih Lin, Chih-Hsiang Chang in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2022)

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    Trend of serum C-reactive protein is associated with treatment outcome of hip Periprosthetic joint infection undergoing two-stage exchange arthroplasty: a case control study

    Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) trends are critical for monitoring patients’ treatment response following a two-stage exchange arthroplasty for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) of the hip. However, CRP tren...

    Zhong-Yan Li, Yu-Chih Lin, Chih-Hsiang Chang in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2021)

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    Two-stage exchange Arthroplasty for knee Periprosthetic joint infection exhibit high infection recurrence rate in patients with chronic viral hepatitis

    Currently, there is little evidence about the outcome of two-stage exchange arthroplasty for the treatment of knee periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. To evaluate it,...

    Jui-** Chen, Chih-hsiang Chang, Yu-chih Lin in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2021)

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    Influence of extension stem length and diameter on clinical and radiographic outcomes of revision total knee arthroplasty

    Extension stems provide stability to revision total knee arthroplasty (RTKA). Little is known regarding the relationship between stem characteristics and RTKA stability. We aimed to identify the relationship b...

    Sheng-Hsun Lee, Hsin-Nung Shih, Chih-Hsiang Chang in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2020)