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  1. Like with all cancers, multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings are the norm in bone and soft tissue tumour (BST) management too. Problem in attendance of specialists due to geographical location is the one of th...

    Authors: Raja Bhaskara Rajasekaran, Duncan Whitwell, Thomas D. A. Cosker, Christopher L. M. H. Gibbons and Andrew Carr
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:18
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  2. Utilization of a cage with a large footprint in lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) for the treatment of spondylolisthesis leads to a high fusion rate and neurological improvement owing to the indirect deco...

    Authors: Masanari Takami, Ryo Taiji, Motohiro Okada, Akihito Minamide, Hiroshi Hashizume and Hiroshi Yamada
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:17
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  3. This cross-sectional study sought to determine the neck-shoulder stiffness/low back pain (NSS/LBP) comorbidity rate in a Japanese community population and to compare the quality of life (QOL) in individuals wi...

    Authors: Gentaro Kumagai, Kanichiro Wada, Hitoshi Kudo, Sunao Tanaka, Toru Asari, Daisuke Chiba, Seiya Ota, On Takeda, Kazushige Koyama, Tetsushi Oyama, Shigeyuki Nakaji and Yasuyuki Ishibashi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:14
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  4. To assess the risk factors for blood transfusion in a great number of adolescent cases with different types of scoliosis who received scoliosis surgery.

    Authors: Yulei Dong, Ning Tang, Shengru Wang, Jianguo Zhang and Hong Zhao
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:13
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  5. This study compared the clinical and functional outcomes of patients initially treated with observation or medical treatment with those of patients treated with local treatment (surgery alone or surgery with a...

    Authors: Shinji Tsukamoto, Piergiuseppe Tanzi, Andreas F. Mavrogenis, Manabu Akahane, Akira Kido, Yasuhito Tanaka, Marilena Cesari, Davide Maria Donati, Alessandra Longhi and Costantino Errani
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:12
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  6. Low back pain (LBP) and knee osteoarthritis (OA) are major contributors to disability worldwide. These conditions result in a significant burden at both individual and societal levels. Engagement in regular ph...

    Authors: Carlos I. Mesa-Castrillon, Milena Simic, Manuela L. Ferreira, Kristy Hatswell, Georgina Luscombe, Antonio Michell de Gregorio, Phillip R. Davis, Adrian Bauman, Stephen Bunker, Ornella Clavisi, Grahame Knox, Kim L. Bennell and Paulo H. Ferreira
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:11
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  7. Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is the most common and serious acute paralytic neuropathy and is usually caused by infection. It is thought to be the result of an aberrant response of the immune system. To our k...

    Authors: Jian Chen, Jian-xiong Ma, Cai-hong Zuo, Qing Zhang, Heng-ting Chen and Xin-long Ma
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:8
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  8. Thoracic ossification of ligamentum flavum (T-OLF), as one of the causes of thoracic myelopathy, is often combined with other spinal disorders. Concurrent lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LCS) is often obscured b...

    Authors: Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shigeo Shindo, Toshitaka Yoshii, Shuta Ushio, Kazuo Kusano, Norihiko Miyake, Yoshiyasu Arai, Kazuyuki Otani, Atsushi Okawa and Osamu Nakai
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:7
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  10. Antibiotic-loaded bone cement, or antibiotic-impregnated polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), were developed to prevent and treat bone and joint infections. Gentamicin is an antibiotic that is commonly used in combi...

    Authors: Wongthawat Liawrungrueang, Suwipa Ungphaiboon, Arnurai Jitsurong, Natnicha Ingviya, Boonsin Tangtrakulwanich and Varah Yuenyongviwat
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:5
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  11. Extended scope physiotherapists (ESP) are increasingly supplementing orthopaedic surgeons (OS) in diagnosing patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Studies have reported satisfactory diagnostic and treatment...

    Authors: Merete Nørgaard Madsen, Maria Lange Kirkegaard, Thomas Martin Klebe, Charlotte Lorenzen Linnebjerg, Søren Martin Riis Villumsen, Stine Junge Due, Jeanette Trøstrup, Camilla Blach Rossen, Hans Okkels Birk, Brian Elmengaard and Lone Ramer Mikkelsen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:4
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  12. Restoration of joint congruity is an important factor for the prevention of subsequent arthritis in patients with Bennett’s fracture. Surgical treatment of Bennett’s fracture is thus generally recommended for ...

    Authors: Yaobin Yin, Yanqing Wang, Zhilong Wang, Wenrui Qu, Wen Tian and Shanlin Chen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:3
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  14. To compare the efficacy of three different fixation methods of fibula combined with external fixation of tibia for the treatment of extra-articular open fractures of distal tibia and fibula.

    Authors: Dong-Dong Sun, Dan Lv, Kun Zhou, Jian Chen, Li-Lan Gao and Ming-Lin Sun
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2021 22:1
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  15. Periacetabular osteotomy is a successful treatment for hip dysplasia. The results are influenced, however, by optimal positioning of the acetabular fragment, femoral head morphology and maybe even femoral vers...

    Authors: Jens Goronzy, Lea Franken, Albrecht Hartmann, Falk Thielemann, Sophia Blum, Klaus-Peter Günther, Jörg Nowotny and Anne Postler
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:846
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  16. Surgical site infections (SSI) after distal radius fracture (DRF) surgery have not previously been studied as the primary outcome in a large population with comparative data for different surgical methods. The...

    Authors: Johanna Rundgren, Anders Enocson, Hans Järnbert-Pettersson and Cecilia Mellstrand Navarro
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:845
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  17. Reconstruction of the Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) using tendon grafting is an established method for restoring knee function and stability. Multiple methods are established for graft fixation. Several inv...

    Authors: Y. Bangert, A. Jaber, F. Wünnemann, G. Berrsche, N. Streich, C. Rehnitz, H. Ott and A. Barié
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:844
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  18. Cross-table lateral (CL) radiography is a convenient and feasible method to assess cup version angle (VA) after total hip arthroplasty; However, pelvic tilt (PT) may contribute to its measurement inaccuracy. H...

    Authors: Jie Xu, Baohua Su, Wenhui Zhang, Hao Sun, Deng Li, Zhiqing Cai, Meiyi Chen, Meiling Qiu and Ruofan Ma
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:843
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  19. The treatment of vertical femoral neck fractures (vFNFs) in young patients remains challenging, with a high complication rate by using traditional techniques. The use of cannulated screws (CSs) combined with a...

    Authors: Shi Zhan, Dajun Jiang, Jian Xu, Ming Ling, Kai Yang, Yuehua Li, Weitao Jia, Hai Hu and Changqing Zhang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:842
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  20. Our study aimed to investigate the clinical outcomes and survival rates following porous tantalum rod surgery (PTRS) and conversion total hip arthroplasty (THA) subsequent to failed PTRS.

    Authors: Mincong He, Qiushi Wei, Zhenqiu Chen, Fan Yang, Xiaojun Chen, Yi-Xian Qin, Bin Fang and Wei He
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:841
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  21. The purpose of this population-based registry study was to analyze both birth-related femur and humerus shaft fractures and diagnosed later in infancy, as regards incidence, perinatal characteristics, other di...

    Authors: Johan von Heideken, Ingemar Thiblin and Ulf Högberg
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:840
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  22. The kinematic alignment (KA) technique in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) aims to restore the native alignment of pre-disease knee joint anatomy. Determining the individualized alignment targets is crucial for p...

    Authors: Cheng-En Hsu, Jen-Ting Huang, Kwok-Man Tong and Kui-Chou Huang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:839
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  23. Numerous radiographic parameters are described to evaluate juvenile flexible flatfeet. Reference values for these measurements are based on few studies. The purpose of this study was to determine boundary valu...

    Authors: Johannes Hamel, Hubert Hörterer and Norbert Harrasser
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:838
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  24. Care pathways are generally paper-based and can cause communication failures between multidisciplinary teams, potentially compromising the safety of the patient. Computerized care pathways may facilitate bette...

    Authors: Jason Talevski, Viviana Guerrero-Cedeño, Oddom Demontiero, Pushpa Suriyaarachchi, Derek Boersma, Sara Vogrin, Sharon Brennan-Olsen and Gustavo Duque
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:837
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  25. Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma (LGMS) is described as a distinct atypical myofibroblastic tumor often with fibromatosis-like features and predilection for the head and neck, especially the oral cavity and l...

    Authors: Hirotaka Yonezawa, Norio Yamamoto, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Akihiko Takeuchi, Shinji Miwa, Kentaro Igarashi, Mickhael Bang Langit, Hiroaki Kimura, Shingo Shimozaki, Takashi Kato, Sei Morinaga, Yoshihiro Araki, Yohei Asano, Hiroko Ikeda, Takayuki Nojima and Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:836
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  26. Severe acetabular defects require special treatment with either impaction bone grafting, metal augmented cups or cup-cage constructs. Even these options are often not adequate, especially in hips with Paprosky...

    Authors: Michael S. Gruber, Michael Jesenko, Julia Burghuber, Josef Hochreiter, Peter Ritschl and Reinhold Ortmaier
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:835
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  27. There are some difficulties in treating proximal scaphoid nonunion, mainly including poor vascularity of the proximal scaphoid fragment and limited space for a stable fixation in the proximal scaphoid fragment...

    Authors: Jung-Pan Wang, Hui-Kuang Huang and Jui-Tien Shih
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:834
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  28. Although morphological improvement of femoral trochlea has been investigated in children with patellar dislocation after surgery, whether the patellar shape changed under the same condition is still unknown. T...

    Authors: Jinghui Niu, Qi Qi, Kuo Hao, Wei Lin, Kang Piao and Fei Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:833
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  29. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most infectious comorbidities in spondyloarthritis (SpA). Our goals were to determine the crude incidence rate of and risk factors for TB in SpA.

    Authors: Natalia Chu-Oi Ciang, Shirley Chiu Wai Chan, Chak Sing Lau, Eva Tsz Fung Chiu and Ho Yin Chung
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:832
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  30. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is widely used to treat tendon injuries. Its therapeutic effect varies depending on the different cell components, and white blood cells (WBCs) may play an important role in this phe...

    Authors: Ming Zhou, Ning Wang, Gang Wang, Zishan Jia and Xiaolei Qi
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:831
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  31. First metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful and debilitating condition affecting nearly one in 10 people aged over 50 years. Non-drug, non-surgical treatments are recommended by OA c...

    Authors: Kade L. Paterson, Rana S. Hinman, Ben R. Metcalf, Sarah E. Jones, Hylton B. Menz, Shannon E. Munteanu, Jessica Kasza and Kim L. Bennell
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:830
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  32. Lateral recess stenosis (LRS) is a common degenerative disease in the elderly. Since the rise of comorbidity is associated with increasing age, transforaminal endoscopic lateral recess decompression (TE-LRD) i...

    Authors: Boyu Wu, Chengjie Xiong, Biwang Huang, Dongdong Zhao, Zhipeng Yao, Yawei Yao, Feng Xu and Hui Kang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:829
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  33. An understanding of the insertional footprints of the capsular ligaments of the hip is important for preserving hip function and stability given the increasing number of minimally invasive hip surgeries being ...

    Authors: Yasuaki Tamaki, Tomohiro Goto, Keizo Wada, Daisuke Hamada, Yoshihiro Tsuruo and Koichi Sairyo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:828
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  34. A considerable portion of the elderly population are increasingly afflicted by degenerative spinal deformity (DSD), which seriously affects patient health-related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL index is used a...

    Authors: Sen Yang, Can Chen, Shiyu Du, Yong Tang, Kai Li, Xueke Yu, Jiulin Tan, Chengmin Zhang, Zhigang Rong, Jianzhong Xu, Wenjie Wu and Fei Luo
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:827
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  36. Transoral atlantoaxial reduction plate (TARP) fixation or occipitocervical fixation (OF) is an effective treatment for basilar invagination (BI) with irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation (IAAD). But, all curre...

    Authors: Xiaobao Zou, Bieping Ouyang, Haozhi Yang, Binbin Wang, Su Ge, Yuyue Chen, Ling Ni, Shuang Zhang, Hong Xia, Jingcheng Yang and Xiangyang Ma
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:825
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  37. Classification of the spinal deformity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) remains two-dimensional (2D) as the spinal radiographs remain the mainstay in clinical evaluation of the disease. 3D classificati...

    Authors: Saba Pasha, Victor Ho-Fung, Malcolm Eker, Sarah Nossov and Michael Francavilla
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:824
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  38. The debate between anterior or posterior approach for pathologies such as cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) have drawn heated debate but are s...

    Authors: Suzanna Sum Sum Kwok and Jason Pui Yin Cheung
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:823
    Content type: Review Published on:

  39. Genicular nerve blockade is a possible treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis. Pain relief and improvement in functioning is expected. This procedure could be of major interest for patients in low-inc...

    Authors: Julien Lebleu, Loic Fonkoue, Eric Bandolo, Herman Fossoh, Philippe Mahaudens, Olivier Cornu and Christine Detrembleur
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:822
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  40. In the setting of congenital C1 occipitalization and C2–3 fusion, significant strain is placed on the atlantoaxial joint. Vertebral fusion both above and below the atlantoaxial joint (i.e., a “sandwich”) creat...

    Authors: Yinglun Tian, Nanfang Xu, Ming Yan, Peter G. Passias, Frank A. Segreto and Shenglin Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:821
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  41. Cubitus varus is a complex three-dimensional deformity. Various osteotomies have been introduced to correct this complex deformity. The objective of the present study was to evaluate clinical and functional ou...

    Authors: Jung Ryul Kim, Yoong Jae Moon and Sung Il Wang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:820
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  42. The critical shoulder angle (CSA), which helps to predict patients who are at risk of rotator cuff tears (RCTs) with large degree and who are susceptible to osteoarthritis with low angle, has been identified a...

    Authors: Yi Long, Jingyi Hou, Yiyong Tang, Fangqi Li, Menglei Yu, Congda Zhang and Rui Yang
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:819
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  43. Musculoskeletal Diseases (MSDs) are among the most prevalent health problems encountered in the workforce in Europe. Multiple risk factors contribute to their onset. In the present study, different individual ...

    Authors: Beatriz Rodriguez Diez-Caballero, Joaquín Alfonso-Beltrán, Iker J. Bautista and Carlos Barrios
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:818
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  44. Implants made from bioabsorbable unsintered hydroxyapatite and poly-L-lactate composites (u-HA/PLLA) are widely used in the oral, maxillofacial, and orthopedic fields. This study assess the long-term (> 5 year...

    Authors: Kenji Kosugi, Yukichi Zenke, Takafumi Tajima, Yoshiaki Yamanaka, Kunitaka Menuki and Akinori Sakai
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:817
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  45. Distal radius fractures can adversely affect wrist function; for men with this fracture, the role played by fracture severity, age and osteoporosis on fracture outcome has not been sufficiently studied.

    Authors: Lisa Egund, Fiona E. McGuigan, Niels Egund, Jack Besjakov and Kristina E. Åkesson
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:816
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  46. Advances in hemodialysis have facilitated longer lifespan and better quality of life for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Symptomatic degenerative lumbar diseases (DLD) becomes more common in pati...

    Authors: Chia-Ning Ho, Jen-Chung Liao and Wen-Jer Chen
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:815
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  47. Low back pain (LBP) is the first cause of years lived with disability worldwide. This is due to the development of chronic pain. Thus, it is necessary to identify the best therapeutic approaches in the acute p...

    Authors: Claudia Côté-Picard, Jean Tittley, Catherine Mailloux, Kadija Perreault, Catherine Mercier, Clermont E. Dionne, Jean-Sébastien Roy and Hugo Massé-Alarie
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:814
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  48. Several diseases are associated with herpes zoster (HZ). However, whether sciatica is a stressor leading to HZ development remains unclear. Here, we evaluated the occurrence of HZ in patients with sciatica.

    Authors: Der-Shin Ke, Chao-Yu Hsu, Cheng-Li Lin, Chung-Y. Hsu and Chia-Hung Kao
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:813
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  49. This study aimed to compare conventional and navigation-assisted arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in terms of anchor screw insertion.

    Authors: Kyunghwa Jung, Hyojune Kim, Erica Kholinne, Dongjun Park, Hyunseok Choi, Seongpung Lee, Myung-Jin Shin, Dong-Min Kim, Jaesung Hong, Kyoung Hwan Koh and In-Ho Jeon
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:812
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  50. It is mechanically plausible that osteoporosis leads to more severe peripheral fractures, but studies investigating associations between BMD and radiographically verified complexity of distal radius fractures ...

    Authors: Anja M. Hjelle, Jan-Erik Gjertsen, Ellen M. Apalset, Roy M. Nilsen, Anja Lober, Grethe S. Tell and Pawel Mielnik
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2020 21:811
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