Staged Custom, Intramedullary Antibiotic Spacers for Severe Segmental Bone Loss in Infected Total Hip Arthroplasty by Atul F. Kamath, Okechukwu Anakwenze, Gwo-Chin Lee, Charles L. Nelson

“…Methods. Three patients with infected THA with severe proximal femoral bone loss (Mallory type IIIB or greater) were treated using a custom antibiotic spacer. …”
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Evaluation of Active Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring in Severe Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty by Alireza Manafi Rasi, MD, Sina Afzal, Dr., MD, Mojtaba Baroutkoub, MD, Hasan Shakiba, MD, Pooya Kalani, MD, Mehdi Tavassoli, MD, Reza Zarei, MD

“…Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we recruited patients with Crowe types III and IV DDH, who underwent THA. …”
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ChatGPT is an Unreliable Source of Peer-Reviewed Information for Common Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Patient Questions by Jonathan D. Schwartzman, M. Kareem Shaath, Matthew S. Kerr, Cody C. Green, George J. Haidukewych

“…Conclusions: Investigation into ChatGPT’s response quality and use of peer-reviewed sources when prompted with archetypal pre-TKA and pre-THA questions found ChatGPT to provide mostly reliable responses based on fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon review of 4.4/6 for accuracy and 1.92/3 for completeness despite a 64.22% rate of citing inaccurate references. …”
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Bony ankylosis adversely affects postoperative hip function in patients with ankylosing spondylitis undergoing total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study of 319 consecuti... by Liangliang Li, Jun Fu, Chi Xu, Ming Ni, Wei Chai, Libo Hao, Yonggang Zhou, Jiying Chen

“…Methods We identified 544 primary THAs performed in 319 consecutive patients with AS (median age, 33 years) from 2012 to 2017. …”
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Novel Approaches to Surfactant Administration by Samir Gupta, Steven M. Donn

“…Surfactant replacement therapy has been the mainstay of treatment for preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome for more than twenty years. For the most part, surfactant is administered intratracheally, followed by mechanical ventilation. …”
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Do preoperative interventions affect patient satisfaction or expectation fulfilment following total hip arthroplasty? A systematic review by April-Rose Matt, Joanne L. Kemp, Andrea B. Mosler, Lucy Salmon, Diogo Almeida Gomes, Alysha De Livera, Erica Hateley, Adam L. Semciw

“…Conclusions: Preoperative intervention was associated with better satisfaction and function in patients following THA when compared with no intervention or usual care. …”
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Total Hip Arthroplasty Using the Conjoined Tendon‐Preserving Posterior Approach: The Modified Posterior Approach with a Minimum of 2‐Year Follow‐Up by Yuto Ozawa, Yusuke Osawa, Taisuke Seki, Yasuhiko Takegami, Hiroki Iida, Hiroto Funahashi, Shiro Imagama

“…Statistical analysis was performed using chi‐square tests and T‐tests. Results The CPP approach had a significantly longer operative time and greater blood loss compared to the PA group. …”
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Prioritization of Erosion Hotspot Microwatersheds for Conservation Planning Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques in Antsokia-Gemiza District of North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia by Estifanos Lemma, Yitea Seneshaw Getahun, Tadesse Getachew

“…Based on the analysis, the potential soil loss of the district ranges from 0 to 240 t·ha−1year−1 with a mean annual soil loss of 43.21 t·ha−1year−1. …”
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Impact of Organic Matter, Inorganic, and Biofertilizer Combination on Soybean Yield in Entisol Soil of Indonesia by Didik Sucahyono, Yudi Widodo, Runik D. Purwaningrahayu, Henny Kuntyastuti, Herdina Pratiwi, Sri Wahyuningsih, Titik Sundari, Rudy Soehendi, I. Gusti K. D. Arsana, Made J. Mejaya

“…The results showed that the chicken manure amendment increased grain yield of soybean in the second season, i.e., from 1.03 t·ha−1 (without organic amendment) to 1.27 t·ha−1, an increase of 23%. …”
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Parasites specific to centipedes form a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarines by Tatiana S. Miroliubova, Kirill V. Mikhailov, Timur G. Simdyanov, Vladimir V. Aleoshin, Đinh Thế Dũng, Aleksandra I. Kudriavkina

“…Here we obtain rDNA operon sequences for the dactylophorids and trichorhynchids. …”
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Bilateral One-Stage Revision of Infected Total Hip Arthroplasties: Report of Two Cases and Management of Antibiotic Therapy by Thomas Pommepuy, Adrien Lons, Kevin Benad, Eric Beltrand, Eric Senneville, Henri Migaud

“…We report two cases of such infections operated as one-stage revision. …”
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Comparison of the Effect of Different Local Analgesia Administration Techniques in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Comparative Cohort Study by Akira Hashimoto, Motoki Sonohata, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Sakumo Kii, Hirohito Hirata, Masaaki Mawatari

“…The white blood cell count was significantly higher in the PAI and IAI groups than in the control group on POD 1 and 7. Aspartate transaminase, alanine aminotransferase, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine levels were within the reference ranges in all three groups at all time points. …”
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The effect of prednisolone ingestion and acute exercise on lipocalin-2 and its variants in young men: a pilot randomised crossover study by Carlie Bauer, Rhiannon K. Patten, Qiyang Sun, Haoyun Li, Daniels Konja, Mary Woessner, Xuzhu Lin, Andrew Garnham, David L. Hare, Peter R. Ebeling, Marc Sim, Joshua R. Lewis, Yu Wang, Lewan Parker, Itamar Levinger

“…Abstract Lipocalin-2 (LCN2) has three main variants; polyaminated (hLCN2) and non-polyaminated (C87A and R81E). …”
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Compression of the Femoral Vessels by a Pseudotumor after Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty by Yasuaki Tamaki, Tomohiro Goto, Takahiko Tsutsui, Tomoya Takasago, Keizo Wada, Koichi Sairyo

“…A 63-year-old man presented with pain, swelling, and redness of the left leg 5 years after primary metal-on-metal THA using the AML-Plus stem, Pinnacle® acetabular cup, and 36 mm diameter Ultamet™ metal head system (DePuy Orthopaedics, Warsaw, IN). …”
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Nodulation, Growth, and Yield of Soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) as Affected by Bio-, Organic, and Inorganic NPSB Fertilizers, and Lime in Assosa Zone, Western Ethiopia by Abiyot Abeje, Getachew Alemayehu, Tesfaye Feyisa

“…Factorial combinations of two biofertilizer inoculants (without biofertilizer (B1) and SB12 plus MAR1495 biofertilizers at their recommended rates of 500 g·ha−1 (B2); two organic fertilizers: without fresh cattle manure (M1) and fresh cattle manure at 10 t·ha−1 (M2); two lime rates: without lime (L1) and lime at 5 t·ha−1 (L2); two inorganic NPSB fertilizers: NPSB at 9.5-23-3.5-0.05 (F1) and NPSB at 19-46-7-0.1 (F2) at their recommended rates for soybean) were laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. …”
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Biomechanical analysis of a short femoral stem used in revision total hip replacement of a standard femoral stem by Shuang G. Yan, Zhi Wang, Yiliang Cui, Fanxiao Liu, Jingtao Lu, Hui Zhang, Di Li

“…In this biomechanical study, a metaphyseal anchoring SHA (Tri-Lock BPS) stem and a standard THA (Corail) stem were implanted into ten composite femurs and loaded dynamically from 300 to 1700 N with 1 Hz. …”
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Transforming Triple Cropping System to Four Crops Pattern: An Approach of Enhancing System Productivity through Intensifying Land Use System in Bangladesh by Md. Aminul Islam, Md. Jahedul Islam, M. Akkas Ali, A. S. M. Mahbubur Rahman Khan, Md. Faruque Hossain, Md. Moniruzzaman

“…With this view to increase crop productivity, production efficiency, land use efficiency, and economic return through intensifying cropping intensity as well as crop diversity by transforming three crops pattern to four crops, the experiment was conducted in High Ganges River Floodplain Soils under the Agro-Ecological Zone (AEZ) 11 at Pali, Durgapur, under the Multilocation Testing Site, Puthia, Rajshahi, for two consecutive years 2014-15 and 2015-16. …”
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Community Participation Process for the Sustainable Business Development of Local Wisdom Learning Centers by Thussaneeya Boripis, Shubham Pathak, Wachiraporn Poungjinda, Josephine Chen Yii Ling

“…This study motivated future studies to teach the experiences of developed economies and adapt to developing countries.   Doi: 10.28991/HEF-2024-05-04-09 Full Text: PDF…”
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Effect of bariatric surgery on postoperative outcomes of total hip arthroplasty: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Pablo Palacios, Isabel Palacios, Ana Palacios, Alejandro Lorente, Gonzalo Mariscal, María Benlloch, José Palacios

“…Bariatric surgery may cause complications following total hip arthroplasty (THA); however, the evidence remains unclear. This review aims to evaluate the effects of bariatric surgery on THA complications. …”
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