Titanium and its alloys have emerged as excellent candidates for use as orthopedic
biomaterials. Nevertheless, there are often complications arising after implantation of …

Background: The surfaces of the bones in the knee are covered with articular cartilage, a
rubber-like substance that is very smooth, allowing frictionless movement in the joint and …

Abstract Aims To validate the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) symptom
classification in atrial fibrillation (AF) and test whether its discriminative ability could be …

Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is the commonest joint disease in the world. Although aging
is not invariably associated with OA, aging of the musculoskeletal system increases …

Abstract BACKGROUND CONTEXT Balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) is a commonly performed
vertebral augmentation procedure for painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures …

Objective Despite surgical, technological, medical, and anesthetic improvements, patient
outcomes following elective neurosurgical procedures can be associated with high …

Background and purpose—The increased use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in
orthopedics requires data on estimated minimal clinically important improvements (MCIIs) …

Background. A goal of shared decision making (SDM) is to ensure patients are well informed
and receive preferred treatments. However, the relationship between SDM and health …

Background—Fast–track has become a well–known concept resulting in improved patient
satisfaction and postoperative results. Concerns have been raised about whether increased …

Background and purpose—For want of national guidelines for lower limb amputation (LLA)
the quality registry SwedeAmp was started in 2011 to increase knowledge around LLA and …