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AUTHOR
Civinini R
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Il trattamento chirurgico delle malattie reumatiche delle grandi articolazioni
2006
Gli innesti acetabolari ed i sostituti dell’osso nelle revisioni acetabolari Supplemento GIOT Vol. 30 ,S 94-S98 ,2004.
2004
Painful prosthesis: approaching the patient with persistent pain following total hip and knee arthroplasty.
2013
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…