… We would like to thank the Canadian Organ Replacement Register for provision of the data
and analytical support (Naisu Zhu) for our collaboration. We would like also to acknowledge …

We asked whether there was an association between obesity levels and subsequent THA
or TKA using data from 54,406 THA and TKA patients entered into the Canadian Joint …

Background and purpose — There is no consensus about the outcome of simultaneous vs.
staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We examined this issue by analyzing 238,373 …

Studies from the United States have shown that renal allograft failure is associated with a
high mortality rate. The purpose of this study was to determine whether transplant failure was …

Background: Over the past decade, there has been a steep rise in the number of people
with complex medical problems who require dialysis. We sought to determine the life …

Background There is considerable debate about whether antibiotic-loaded bone cement
should be used for fixation of TKAs. While antibiotics offer the theoretical benefit of lowering …

Objectives To assess the reliability of telemedicine examination and identify the issues to be
addressed if the conduct of physical examination and the reading of images and tracings by …

Obesity has been strongly implicated as a risk factor for knee osteoarthritis and, in some
studies, for osteoarthritis of the hip. Osteoarthritis is the most commonly reported diagnosis for …

China's Cooperative Medical System, a community-based health insurance scheme, declined
markedly after the economic restructuring of rural communities and the development of a …

The Cooperative Medical System (CMS) and its barefoot doctors have been in decline in rural
China for nearly a decade. In order to explore the reasons for this, in 1987 we carried out …