Browsing Research Articles (Orthopaedic Surgery) by UP Author "Jacobs, H.W. (Hans)"

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An audit on the accuracy of freehand acetabular cup positioning in total hip arthroplasty with the direct lateral approach at a tertiary institution over seven years

Erasmus, Raoul D.; Fourie, Pieter J.; Janse van Rensburg, Charl; Jacobs, H.W. (Hans) (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

BACKGROUND : The direct lateral approach for total hip replacement has been traditionally reserved and described for neck of femur fractures. Advantages of this approach include technically easy access to the acetabulum ...
Low dislocation rate one year after total hip arthroplasty at a tertiary hospital in South Africa

Fourie, Pieter J.; Erasmus, Raoul D.; Botha, Tanita; Jacobs, H.W. (Hans) (Medpharm Publications, 2023-03)

BACKGROUND : Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most performed and most researched procedures worldwide, and there is an ever-growing demand for THA in an already resource-constrained system in South Africa. Early ...
Thromboprophylaxis in spinal surgery : a survey of current practice in South Africa

Jacobs, H.W. (Hans); Zondagh, Ian; Wessels, Pieter Frederik (South African Orthopaedic Association, 2017)

BACKGROUND : Patients undergoing spinal surgery are at risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) because of co-morbidities and immobilisation, but the morbidity of bleeding and haematoma formation complicates prophylaxis. ...

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