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D'arienzo M
Arthritis Associated with Ulcerative Colitis: Our Experience in Palermo
To The Editor: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the inflammatory bowel diseases, which affects the small intestine and colon [1]. The pathophysiology of UC is not known [2, 3]. The association between arthritis and UC is well known. The authors report the frequency of arthritis in 53 Sicilian patients with UC. The diagnosis of UC was made according to criteria described by Schachter and Kirsner [4]. The involvement of sacroilitic joints was assessed radiologically according to Bennett and Burch grade (0=normal joint, 1=suspicious sacroiliitis 2=abnormal joint with sclerosis and/or erosions, 3=unequivocally abnormal with erosions, sclerosis, widening or narrowing or partly ankylosed, 4=tota…
Painful prosthesis: approaching the patient with persistent pain following total hip and knee arthroplasty.
BACKGROUND: Symptomatic severe osteoarthritis and hip osteoporotic fractures are the main conditions requiring total hip arthroplasty (THA), whereas total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is mainly performed for pain, disability or deformity due to osteoarthritis. After surgery, some patients suffer from "painful prosthesis", which currently represents a clinical problem. METHODS: A systematic review of scientific literature has been performed. A panel of experts has examined the issue of persistent pain following total hip or knee arthroplasty, in order to characterize etiopathological mechanisms and define how to cope with this condition. RESULTS: Four major categories (non infective, septic, othe…