Early subsidence of shape-closed hip arthroplasty stems is associated with late revision

Background and purpose — Few studies have addressed the association between early migration of femoral stems and late aseptic revision in total hip arthroplasty. We performed a meta-regression analysis on 2 parallel systematic reviews and meta-analyses to determine the association between early migration and late aseptic revision of femoral...

AQUILA: Assessment of quality in lower limb arthroplasty. An expert Delphi consensus for total knee and total hip arthroplasty

Background: In the light of both the importance and large numbers of case series and cohort studies (observational studies) in orthopaedic literature, it is remarkable that there is currently no validated measurement tool to appraise their quality. A Delphi approach was used to develop a checklist for reporting quality, methodological quality...