Orthopaedics Current Awareness October 2011

Clinical Librarian Service

Current Awareness Bulletin

Musculoskeletal

October 2011

1. New and Updated Cochrane Systematic Reviews:

There were no new or updated Cochrane Systematic Reviews published for Musculoskeletal in October 2011.

2. NICE Guidance:

There was no new NICE Guidance published for Musculoskeletal in October 2011.

3. Systematic Reviews:

For abstracts of the reviews below please click on the titles. There may be a link to full text in the top right hand corner of the webpage. You may have to log in using your NHS Athens username and password, if you don’t have one go to Register for Athens and register for free.

If full text is not available then please contact us to request a copy. This is a free service but you will need to complete our Article Request Form. Or you may email Aneesa directly quoting the number(s) of the articles you would like.    

1) Effects of therapeutic exercise for persons with osteoporotic vertebral fractures: a systematic review

2) The efficacy of bisphosphonates in the prevention of vertebral, hip, and nonvertebral-nonhip fractures in osteoporosis: a network meta-analysis

3) Meta-analysis: risk of fractures with acid-suppressing medication

4) Comparative systematic review of the open dislocation, mini-open, and arthroscopic surgeries for femoroacetabular impingement

5) Autologous chondrocyte implantation for the treatment of cartilage lesions of the knee: a systematic review of randomized studies

4. Economic Evaluations:

For abstracts of the economic evaluations below please click on the titles. There may be a link to full text in the top right hand corner of the webpage. You may have to log in using your NHS Athens username and password, if you don’t have one go to Register for Athens and register for free.

If full text is not available then please contact us to request a copy. This is a free service but you will need to complete our Article Request Form. Or you may email Aneesa directly quoting the number(s) of the articles you would like.      

6) Cost-effectiveness analyses of elective orthopaedic surgical procedures in patients with inflammatory arthropathies

7) Cost-effectiveness of Denosumab for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis

8) Cost-effectiveness of a Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization program for high-risk orthopedic patients

9) The economic effect of screening orthopedic surgery patients preoperatively for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

5. Other relevant articles:

For abstracts of the articles below please click on the titles. There may be a link to full text in the top right hand corner of the webpage. You may have to log in using your NHS Athens username and password, if you don’t have one go to Register for Athens and register for free.

If full text is not available then please contact us to request a copy. This is a free service but you will need to complete our Article Request Form. Or you may email Aneesa directly quoting the number(s) of the articles you would like.      

10) Hip strengthening prior to functional exercises reduces pain sooner than quadriceps strengthening in females with patellofemoral pain syndrome: a randomized clinical trial

11) The influence of rheumatoid arthritis disease characteristics on heart failure

12) A randomised, controlled trial of circumpatellar electrocautery in total knee replacement without patellar resurfacing

13) Functional outcome following intramedullary nailing of the femur: a prospective randomized comparison of piriformis fossa and greater trochanteric entry portals

14) Inflammation related to synovectomy during total knee replacement in patients with primary osteoarthritis: a prospective, randomised study

15) Operative versus non-operative treatment of acute rupture of tendo Achillis: a prospective randomised evaluation of functional outcome

16) Double-bundle versus single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: randomized clinical and magnetic resonance imaging study with 2-year follow-up.

17) Patellar tendon versus hamstring tendon autograft for anterior cruciate ligament rupture in adults

18) Soft tissue tension in cruciate-retaining and posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty

6. Latest Journal Table of Contents:

If you would like full text of any of the articles listed in the below journals then please contact us to request a copy. This is a free service but you will need to complete our Article Request Form. Or you may email Aneesa directly quoting the number(s) of the articles you would like.      

19) Archives of Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery

20) BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

21) Current Orthopaedic Practice

22) International Journal Of Orthopaedic And Trauma Nursing

23) Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation

24) Journal of Orthopaedic Research

25) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

26) Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

27) Musculoskeletal Care

28) Musculoskeletal surgery

29) Orthopaedic Nursing

For more information please contact the Musculoskeletal Clinical Librarian: Pip Divall

Education Centre Library Leicester General Hospital, LE5 4PW

Telephone: 0116 2588124 Email: pip.divall@uhl-tr.nhs.uk http://www.uhl-library.nhs.uk/cl_pipdivall.html

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