Shimonoseki City Hospital

Total Knee Arthroplasty for Rheumatoid Arthritis with mild extra-articular femoral anterocurvatum deformity: A Case Report and Literature Review

Background Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has achieved excellent outcomes through accurate bone resection and soft tissue balancing. TKA in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with extra-articular femoral deformity is technically difficult. Femoral defor...

Impact of Circumferential Calcification and Acquired Minimum Lumen Area on 1‐Year Primary Patency After Drug‐Coated Balloon Angioplasty for Femoropopliteal Lesions

BACKGROUND: Severe calcification predicts restenosis after drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty for femoropopliteal lesions, but whether an adequate post-procedural minimum lumen area (MLA) can attenuate this effect, and how intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) circumferential calcif...