Jbjs - jbjs.org.uk - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume current issue
General Information:
Latest News:
Exam Corner - November 2012 [Exam Corner] 29 Oct 2012 | 01:30 pm
The FRCS (Tr & Orth) examination has three components: MCQs, Vivas and Clinical Examination. The Vivas are further divided into four sections comprising Basic Science, Adult Pathology, Hands and Child...
Restoring shoulder abduction in children with Erb's palsy: When to add trapezius transfer to a teres major transfer [Children's orthopaedics] 29 Oct 2012 | 01:30 pm
A total of 35 children with Erb’s palsy and shoulder abduction of
The effects of rivaroxaban on the complications of surgery after total hip or knee replacement: Results from the RECORD programme [Arthroplasty] 29 Oct 2012 | 01:30 pm
Post-operative complications after total hip or knee replacement can delay recovery, prolong hospitalisation, increase rates of re-admission and, in the most severe cases, lead to long-term disability...
Malleolar fractures and their ligamentous injury equivalents have similar outcomes in supination-external rotation type IV fractures of the ankle trea... 29 Oct 2012 | 01:30 pm
It has previously been suggested that among unstable ankle fractures, the presence of a malleolar fracture is associated with a worse outcome than a corresponding ligamentous injury. However, previous...
Patient and implant survival following 4323 total hip replacements for acute femoral neck fracture: A retrospective cohort study using National Joint ... 29 Oct 2012 | 01:30 pm
United Kingdom National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines recommend the use of total hip replacement (THR) for displaced intracapsular fractures of the femoral neck in cognitivel...
Is cauda equina syndrome linked with obesity? [Spine] 29 Oct 2012 | 01:30 pm
No previous studies have examined the physical characteristics of patients with cauda equina syndrome (CES). We compared the anthropometric features of patients who developed CES after a disc prolapse...
Errors of level in spinal surgery: An evidence-based systematic review [Spine] 29 Oct 2012 | 01:30 pm
Wrong-level surgery is a unique pitfall in spinal surgery and is part of the wider field of wrong-site surgery. Wrong-site surgery affects both patients and surgeons and has received much media attent...
Promising one- to six-year results with the Motec wrist arthroplasty in patients with post-traumatic osteoarthritis [Upper limb] 29 Oct 2012 | 01:30 pm
The Motec cementless modular metal-on-metal ball-and-socket wrist arthroplasty was implanted in 16 wrists with scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse (SNAC; grades 3 or 4) and 14 wrists with scapholunate...
Ultrasound evaluation of the distal migration of the long head of biceps tendon following tenotomy in patients undergoing arthroscopic repair of tears... 29 Oct 2012 | 01:30 pm
This study evaluates the position of the long head of biceps tendon using ultrasound following simple tenotomy, in patients with arthroscopically repaired rotator cuff tears. In total, 52 patients wi...
The use of a ceramic talar body prosthesis in patients with aseptic necrosis of the talus [Foot and ankle] 29 Oct 2012 | 01:30 pm
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical results of a newly designed prosthesis to replace the body of the talus in patients with aseptic necrosis. Between 1999 and 2006, 22 tali in 22 p...
