Purpose Vitamin D is increasingly being recognized as an important mediator of immune
function and may have a preventive role in the pathogenesis of periprosthetic joint infection. To …

Purpose The prevalence of osteoporosis has continuously increased over the past decades
and it is set to increase substantially as life expectancy rises steadily. Fragility or …

Objective. In patients scheduled to undergo total joint arthroplasty of the hip, the bone quality
around the joint affects the safety of prosthetic implantation. Bone strength is clinically …

Background Vitamin D plays an essential role in bone health and muscle function. Some
studies have shown a widespread rate of vitamin D deficiency in the general population, but …

Background The purpose of this observational study was to evaluate serum levels of 25-OH-D
in patients scheduled to undergo elective hip or knee arthroplasty. We hypothesised that …

Background/Aim: Breast and prostate cancer are amongst the most prevalent malignancies
globally and up to 40% of patients will develop metastatic disease, particularly to the skeleton…

Vitamin D is essential to bone health and is a major regulator of calcium status (17). Inadequate
low serum or plasma level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH-D) leads not only to rickets, …

Purpose The purpose of our study was to investigate the change of sports activities before
and after medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) with the use of the Heidelberg …

Hematoma puncture and subsequent clot lysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator
(rtPA) emerged as an alternative therapy for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) …

Purpose The purpose of this observational study was to evaluate serum levels of 25-OH-D
of elderly patients presenting with orthopaedic illness. Furthermore, we enquired about …