Blar i Department of Clinical Medicine på forfatter "Havelin, Leif Ivar"
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Better survival of hybrid total knee arthroplasty compared to cemented arthroplasty.
Petursson, Gunnar; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Gøthesen, Øystein; Lygre, Stein Håkon Låstad; Röhrl, Stephan Maximillian; Furnes, Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background and purpose — There have been few comparative studies on total knee replacement (TKR) with cemented tibia and uncemented femur (hybrid TKR). Previous studies have not shown any difference in revision rate between ... -
Bone cement product and failure in total knee arthroplasty: A follow-up study of 26,147 knee replacements between 1997 and 2013 in Norway
Birkeland, Øystein; Espehaug, Birgitte; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Furnes, Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Background and purpose — The bone cement market for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in Norway has been dominated by a few products and distributors. Palacos with gentamicin had a market share exceeding 90% before 2005, but ... -
Complications after intramedullary nailing of femoral fractures in a low-income country. A prospective study of follow-up, HIV infection, and microbial infection rates after IM nailing of 141 femoral fractures at a central hospital in Malawi
Young, Sven; Banza, Leonard N.; Hallan, Geir; Beniyasi, Fletcher; Manda, Kumbukani G.; Munthali, Boston S.; Dybvik, Eva Hansen; Engesæter, Lars B.; Havelin, Leif Ivar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10)Background: Some surgeons believe that internal fixation of fractures carries too high a risk of infection in low-income countries (LICs) to merit its use there. However, there have been too few studies from LICs with ... -
Countrywise results of total hip replacement. An analysis of 438,733 hips based on the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association database
Mäkelä, Keijo T.; Matilainen, Markus; Pulkkinen, Pekka; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Engesæter, Lars B.; Furnes, Ove; Overgaard, Søren; Pedersen, Alma Becic; Kärrholm, Johan; Malchau, Henrik; Garellick, Göran; Ranstam, Jonas; Eskelinen, Antti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Background and purpose: An earlier Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA) report on 280,201 total hip replacements (THRs) based on data from 1995–2006, from Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, was published in 2009. The ... -
Do nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs affect the outcome of arthroscopic Bankart repair?
Blomquist, Jesper; Solheim, Erik; Liavaag, Sigurd; Havelin, Leif Ivar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-22)To achieve pain control after arthroscopic shoulder surgery, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are a complement to other analgesics. However, experimental studies have raised concerns that these drugs may have ... -
An economic model to evaluate cost-effectiveness of computer assisted knee replacement surgery in Norway
Gøthesen, Øystein Johannes; Slover, James; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Askildsen, Jan Erik; Malchau, Henrik; Furnes, Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-07-06)Background: The use of Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS) for knee replacements is intended to improve the alignment of knee prostheses in order to reduce the number of revision operations. Is the cost effectiveness of computer ... -
Failure rate of cemented and uncemented total hip replacements: register study of combined Nordic database of four nations
Mäkelä, Keijo T.; Matilainen, Markus; Pulkkinen, Pekka; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Engesæter, Lars B.; Furnes, Ove; Pedersen, Alma B; Overgaard, Søren; Kärrholm, Johan; Malchau, Henrik; Garellick, Göran; Ranstam, Jonas; Eskelinen, Antti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Objective: To assess the failure rate of cemented, uncemented, hybrid, and reverse hybrid total hip replacements in patients aged 55 years or older. Design: Register study. Setting: Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association ... -
Higher revision risk for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in low-volume hospitals
Badawy, Mona; Espehaug, Birgitte; Indrekvam, Kari; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Furnes, Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Background and purpose — Some studies have found high complication rates and others have found low complication rates after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA). We evaluated whether hospital procedure volume influences ... -
Hospital volume and the risk of revision in Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in the Nordic countries -an observational study of 14,496 cases
Badawy, Mona; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Bartz-Johannessen, Christoffer; Indrekvam, Kari; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Robertsson, Otto; W-Dahl, Annette; Eskelinen, Antti; Mäkelä, Keijo; Pedersen, Alma B.; Schrøder, Henrik M.; Furnes, Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-07)Background High procedure volume and dedication to unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has been suggested to improve revision rates. This study aimed to quantify the annual hospital volume effect on revision risk in ... -
Hydroxyapatite coating does not improve uncemented stem survival after total hip arthroplasty!: An analysis of 116,069 THAs in the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA) database
Hailer, Nils P.; Lazarinis, Stergios; Mäkelä, Keijo T.; Eskelinen, Antti; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Hallan, Geir; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Overgaard, Søren; Pedersen, Alma B.; Mehnert, Frank; Kärrholm, Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-01)Background and purpose — It is still being debated whether HA coating of uncemented stems used in total hip arthroplasty (THA) improves implant survival. We therefore investigated different uncemented stem brands, with and ... -
Improved survival for anatomic total shoulder prostheses: Results of 4,173 shoulder arthroplasties reported to the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register from 1994 through 2012
Fevang, Bjørg-Tilde; Nystad, Tone Wikene; Skredderstuen, Arne Kr; Furnes, Ove; Havelin, Leif Ivar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-30)Background and purpose — Previously, implant survival of total shoulder prostheses was reported to be inferior to that of hemiprostheses. However, the use of total prostheses has increased in Norway due to reported good ... -
Increased risk of revision of cementless stemmed total hip arthroplasty with metal-on-metal bearingsData from the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association
Varnum, Claus; Pedersen, Alma B; Mäkelä, Keijo; Eskelinen, Antti; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Furnes, Ove; Kärrholm, Johan; Garellick, Göran; Overgaard, Søren (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background and purpose — Data from the national joint registries in Australia and England and Wales have revealed inferior medium-term survivorship for metal-on-metal (MoM) total hip arthroplasty (THA) than for ... -
Increasing risk of prosthetic joint infection after total hip arthroplasty. 2,778 revisions due to infection after 432,168 primary THAs in the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA)
Dale, Håvard; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Hallan, Geir; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Furnes, Ove; Overgaard, Søren; Pedersen, Alma B.; Kärrholm, Johan; Garellick, Göran; Pulkkinen, Pekka; Eskelinen, Antti; Mäkelä, Keijo; Engesæter, Lars B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-10)Background and purpose: The risk of revision due to infection after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) has been reported to be increasing in Norway. We investigated whether this increase is a common feature in the Nordic ... -
Increasing risk of revision due to deep infection after hip arthroplasty. A study on 97,344 primary total hip replacements in the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register from 1987 to 2007
Dale, Håvard; Hallan, Geir; Espehaug, Birgitte; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Engesæter, Lars B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-12)Background and purpose: Over the decades, improvements in surgery and perioperative routines have reduced the incidence of deep infections after total hip arthroplasty (THA). There is, however, some evidence to suggest ... -
Infection after primary hip arthroplasty. A comparison of 3 Norwegian health registers
Dale, Håvard; Skråmm, Inge; Løwer, Hege Line; Eriksen, Hanne M.; Espehaug, Birgitte; Furnes, Ove; Skjeldestad, Finn Egil; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Engesæter, Lars B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-12)Background and purpose: The aim of the present study was to assess incidence of and risk factors for infection after hip arthroplasty in data from 3 national health registries. We investigated differences in risk patterns ... -
Influence of Hospital Volume on Revision Rate After Total Knee Arthroplasty with Cement
Badawy, Mona; Espehaug, Birgitte; Indrekvam, Kari; Engesæter, Lars B.; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Furnes, Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Background: The number of total knee replacements has substantially increased worldwide over the past ten years. Several studies have indicated a correlation between high hospital procedure volume and decreased morbidity ... -
Intramedullary Nails Result in More Reoperations Than Sliding Hip Screws in Two-part Intertrochanteric Fractures
Matre, Kjell; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Gjertsen, Jan-Erik; Espehaug, Birgitte; Fevang, Jonas Meling (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-04-01)Background Sliding hip screws (SHSs) and intramedullary (IM) nails are well-documented implants for simple two-part intertrochanteric fractures; however, there is no consensus regarding which type of implant is better. ... -
Low infection rates after 34,361 intramedullary nail operations in 55 low- and middle-income countries. Validation of the Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN) Online Surgical Database
Young, Sven; Lie, Stein Atle; Hallan, Geir; Zirkle, Lewis G.; Engesæter, Lars B.; Havelin, Leif Ivar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-12)Background: The Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN) supplies intramedullary (IM) nails for the treatment of long bone fractures free of charge to hospitals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Most operations ... -
Patient and surgical factors affecting procedure duration and revision risk due to deep infection in primary total knee arthroplasty
Badawy, Mona; Espehaug, Birgitte; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Indrekvam, Kari; Dale, Håvard; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Furnes, Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-12-21)Background: The aim of this study was to assess which patient and procedure factors affected both the risk of infection as well as procedure duration. Additionally, to assess if procedure duration affected the revision ... -
A randomized study on migration of the Spectron EF and the Charnley flanged 40 cemented femoral components using radiostereometric analysis at 2 years
Kadar, Thomas; Hallan, Geir; Aamodt, Arild; Indrekvam, Kari; Badawy, Mona; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Stokke, Terje; Haugan, Kristin; Espehaug, Birgitte; Furnes, Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-10)Background and purpose: We performed a randomized study to determine the migration patterns of the Spectron EF femoral stem and to compare them with those of the Charnley stem, which is regarded by many as the gold standard ...