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BONNEUX I.M.F., BELLEMANS J., FABRY G.: Evaluation of woundhealing after total knee arthroplasty in a randomized prospective trialcomparing fonsaparinx with enoxaparin. The Knee, <strong>2006</strong>; 13: 118-121.Background: Fondaparinux, a new synthetic pentasaccharide hasproven to be a more potent thromboprophylactic drug compared toenoxaparin after major orthopaedic surgery. However, the safety offondaparinux regarding wound healing has not yet been investigated.Methods: We performed a single-centre prospective clinical trial, inwhich patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty or revision of atleast one of the components of a previous knee arthroplasty wererandomly assigned to thromboprohylaxis with fondaparinux orenoxaprin. The trial included 109 patients and wound discharge wascompared. Secondary outcome measures were the amount of bloodin the suction drain, postoperative transfusion rate, change inhaemoglobin levels, haematocrit, intervention rate, time to regainflexion and rate of symptomatic thromboembolic events.BOONEN A., MATRICALI G., VERDUYCKT J., TAELMAN V.,VERSCHUEREN P., SILEGHEM A., CORLUY L., WESTHOVENS R.:Orthopaedic surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a shifttowards more frequent and earlier non-joint-sacrificing surgery. Ann.Rheum. Dis., <strong>2006</strong>; 65: 694-695.Medical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) aims at controllingsynovitis and arresting erosive disease. Orthopaedic surgery dealswith joint destruction, reflecting the severity of damage, but also dealswith local persistent synovitis and tenosynovitis. Along with alteringmedical treatment strategies, rheumatologists and surgeons feel theyhave changed the type and timing of surgery in recent years. Weperformed a cross sectional study on the use of orthopaedic surgeryin RA, to provide data on types of procedures and evolution of timingand type of surgery.DEBEER P., PLASSCHAERT H., STUYCK J.: Resection arthroplasty ofthe infected shoulder: a salvage procedure for the elderly patient. ActaOrthop. Belg., <strong>2006</strong>; 72: 126-130.Infection of the shoulder joint is a challenging problem for theorthopaedic surgeon. Several treatment options have been proposed.Here, we evaluate the results achieved following resectionarthroplasty of the shoulder in seven patients.51

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