Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete
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This report will relate to our experience with the occipitocervical fusion with the y-plate, which we used in the treatment of 53 patients. ⋯ These results show the effectiveness of the occipitocervical fusion with the y-plate in a wide range of applications. It offers advantages above other techniques.
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Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb · Jul 1998
[Evaluating the quality of life before and after implantation of a total hip endoprosthesis].
Quality of Life of patients with Total Hip Arthroplasty is analysed before and one year after surgery. The evaluation included the functional capacity of our patients in every day life comparing the preoperative situation with the result one year after surgery. Age and duration of symptoms were analysed with respect to their influence on the success of the procedure. Finally the question should be answered, if clinical examinations and questionnaires concerning Quality of Life result in comparable data. ⋯ The objective evaluation of results after implantation of a total hip joint-endoprosthesis should not be based only on clinical scores (f.e. Harris-Hip-Score). Subjective informations by the patients using questionnaires on Quality of Life (f.e. NHP, FFbH-R) have to be included into these evaluations. The different judgments of the outcome of surgery underline the necessity, not only to use clinical scores but also to include the patients' feeling into the interpretation of the clinical result.