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  • 1
    ISSN: 1433-044X
    Keywords: Key words Diagnosis-related billing • Payment for special procedures • Health maintenance law • Computer-assisted documentation ; Schlüsselwörter Fallpauschalen • Sonderentgelte • Bundespflegesatzverordnung • Krankenhausinformationssystem • Computergestützte Codierung
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Nach dem Gesundheitsstrukturgesetz besteht für alle deutschen Kliniken seit dem 01. 01. 1995 die Verpflichtung zur Dokumentation und Kodierung von Einweisungs-, Aufnahme- und Entlaßdiagnose in die ICD-9 und die Dokumentation und Verschlüsselung zumeist operativ erbrachter Leistungen in die ICPM. Seit dem 01. 01. 1996 besteht zudem die Verpflichtung zur Abrechnung nach leistungsabhängigen vollpauschalierten Entgeltformen (Fallpauschalen und Sonderentgelte), wobei sich der Abrechnungsentscheid auf die erhobenen Daten stützt. In der Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Unfallklinik Tübingen wurden während des gesamten Jahres 1996 alle Diagnosen und Therapien handschriftlich dokumentiert und mit Hilfe zweier Handbücher kodiert. Seit 01. 01. 1997 wird ausschließlich rechnergestützt dokumentiert und kodiert. Die Entscheidung über die Abrechnungsform wird anhand der eingegebenen Daten vom Klinikinformationssystem vorgeschlagen. Retrospektiv wurden anhand von Krankenakten und Abrechnungsbelegen jeweils die Monate Januar bis April der Jahre 1996 und 1997 auf die Anzahl der abgerechneten Fallpauschalen und Sonderentgelte hin verglichen. Hierbei zeigt sich, daß durch eine rechnergestützte Kodierung und Dokumentation die Anzahl der erkannten und tatsächlich abgerechneten Fallpauschalen und Sonderentgelte im Vergleich zum Vorjahr deutlich zugenommen hat.
    Notes: Summary Since 1995 German health maintenance laws require hospitals to document and code all referals, admissions and discharges using the 4-digit ICD. Operative procedures are documented and coded using the ICPM. Beginning in January 1996, reimbursement for health services requires a diagnosis-related billing and payment for special procedures. The decision for billing is based on documented diagnosis and therapy. This extended request for documentation makes an online access to diagnosis and therapy with a computer-assisted coding system advisable. In 1996 in our hospital each diagnosis and operation was manually documented and coded on a form. Since the beginning of 1997, documentation and coding has been exclusively computer-assisted. On the basis of documented diagnosis and therapy the computer provides the route of reimbursement. Retrospectively we evaluated the number of charged diagnosis-related billings and payments for special procedures from January to April of 1996 and 1997. It became evident that with computer-assisted documentation and coding the number of detected and charged diagnosis-related billings and payments for special procedures was significantly increased in comparison with the previous year.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1434-3916
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract This prospective study involves 644 patients who received ossification prophylaxis by means of the drug diclofenac after implantation (87.5%) or revision (12.5%) of a total hip endoprosthesis between August 1992 and June 1994. One hundred patients (15.5%) stopped the treatment because of side-effects of the drug, and medication was stopped when gastrointestinal troubles occurred. The follow-up examination after 6 months revealed ossification of HO degree 1 according to Brooker in 13.8% of cases, of degree 2 in 4.8%, and of degree 3 in 1.4% of cases. Severe HO of degree 4 was not observed at all, and 80% of the patients exhibited no ossification what ever. Thus, in comparison to our own studies and to the literature, diclofenac must be regarded as an extremely effective drug for the prevention of ossification.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Key words: Heterotopic osteoblast-like cells — Colony formation — Differentiation — Alkaline phosphatase — Osteocalcin.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract. In this study, a characterization of human bone-forming cells responsible for heterotopic ossification was carried out in vitro. The biological and biochemical cell characteristics of the heterotopic osteoblast-like (HOB) cells were compared with those of orthotopic osteoblast-like (OB) cells from normal bone and stromal bone marrow cells believed to contain a subpopulation of osteogenic precursor cells. We found that HOB's from the spongiosa of heterotopic ossification required less time until the beginning of migration and the achievement of confluence in vitro compared with OBs from femoral shaft spongiosa. The fraction of mitotically active cells assessed by a clonogenic assay was higher as well in HOB cells. The in vitro studies of mitogenesis and the efficiency of colony formation of osteogenic cells indicate that with increasing differentiation and relative age they become more dependent on growth factors in the medium, otherwise the morphology of osteoblast-like cells changes and they pass irreversibly into the postmitotic stage of the cell cycle. The activity of the alkaline phosphatase is distinctly higher in the HOB than in the OB cells, HOB cells exhibit a lower level of osteocalcin expression compared with OB cells. No significant difference was found between OB and HOB cells in the amount of procollagen of type I sequestered by the cells. After 30 days, HOB and OB cells formed a mineralized matrix on exposure to 2 mM β-glycerophosphate. Since HOBs were isolated from heterotopic bone that had developed within 3–6 months after hip surgery, the differences in cellular behavior compared with OBs may be attributed to the relatively young age of HOB cells.
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  • 4
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    European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology 8 (1998), S. 133-139 
    ISSN: 1432-1068
    Keywords: Total hip replacement ; Results ; Aseptic loosening ; Cemented ; Uncemented ; Titanium
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Mid- and long term stability is still the major challenge in total hip replacement (THR). A consecutive series of cemented 250 cases and of uncemented 250 cases was analyzed in a prospective follow-up study. The femoral component of the BiCONTACT hip stem system with the same design for cemented and uncemented implantation was used. While the cemented stems had a smooth surface, the cementless implants were proximally coated with a microporous titanium plasmaspray (Plasmapore®). Follow-up time averaged 7 years for cemented and 6.5 years for uncemented THRs. Follow-up rate was 88.7% in cases treated with cemented stems and 93.1% in cases treated with an uncemented stem. The rate of aseptic loosening was 1.2% for the cemented version and 0.4% for the uncemented one. Radiological loosening could be observed in another 1.2% of the cemented stems but was not found in the uncemented cases. Our data suggest excellent midterm stability of both the cemented and the uncemented version of the BiCONTACT hip stem system. Early aseptic loosening especially of the cemented titanium alloy straight stem has not occurred in our series as reported recently. The prosthesis design and follow-up time may therefore play an important role. The long-term results for both cemented and uncemented BiCONTACT prostheses of our series are still to be evaluated.
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  • 5
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    International orthopaedics 21 (1997), S. 25-29 
    ISSN: 1432-5195
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé. Les fractures fémorales périprothétiques constituent en chirurgie orthopédique un problème majeur. Les traitements conventionnels, pose d’une plaque et/ou de ciment, accentuent la diminution de la masse osseuse dans le fémur proximal. Une méthode de conception différente a été employée chez 12 sujets depuis février 1992. Cette intervention de reprise sans utilisation de ciment consiste à implanter une longue tige de reprise avec un verrouillage distal pour la stabilité initiale et une allogreffe osseuse. La formation et le remodelage osseux ont permis une excellente restauration du fémur proximal. L’ablation des vis distales (dynamisation) après remodelage de l’os convertit le transfert distal de charges en ancrage proximal de la tige de reprise et favorise l’Osteointegration dans la région intertrochanterienne. De bons résultats cliniques ont été obtenus chez tous les sujets au terme d’une période de suivi de 6 à 39 mois (23,5 mois en moyenne). La reprise prothétique sans utilisation de ciment, avec greffe osseuse et dynamisation, est considérée comme une ostéosynthèse biologique convenant surtout aux sujets assez jeunes.
    Notes: Summary. Fractures around a femoral prosthesis have been treated with plating and additional cement, but this leads to further reduction of bone stock in the proximal femur. Since February 1992, we have dealt with this problem in 12 patients by revision using a long uncemented stem and distal interlocking combined with homologous bone grafting. Bony ingrowth and remodelling led to restoration of the proximal femur. After bone healing, removal of the distal interlocking screws converts the distal load transfer to the proximal anchoring of the revision stem so that osteointegration can occur in the trochanteric region. The clinical results were good in all the patients after a mean follow up of 23.5 months. This is a method which provides biological osteosynthesis and is especially indicated in younger patients.
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    ISSN: 1432-5195
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé  Présentation d’une étude prospective de 498 arthroplasties totale de la hanche. Dans 329 cas, une cupule en polyéthylène cimentée a été utilesée. Dans 169 cas, un cotyle sans ciment vissé a été utilisé. 90% des patients ont été suivis 6 à 8 ans. Parmi les 169 cupules vissées, 11 sont descellées et 8 ont dûêtre révisées (4,7%). Il n’y a que 2 descellements des cupules cimentées qui ont dûêtre révisés (0,6%).
    Notes: Abstract  The results of 498 total hip arthroplasties were prospectively studied. In 329 patients a cemented acetabular polyethylene cup was inserted. In 169 patients a threaded socket without cement was introduced. Follow-up ranged from 6 to 8 years and follow-up rate was over 90%. Of the 169 threaded sockets 8 required revision (4.7%), and 3 acetabular components were seen to be loose on X-ray. Of the cemented cups, only 2 (0.6%) required revision and none were considered loose on X-ray.
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  • 7
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    Langenbeck's archives of surgery 380 (1995), S. 207-217 
    ISSN: 1435-2451
    Keywords: Pathologic fracture ; Aetiology of pathologic bone fracture ; Diagnosis Therapy management ; Results
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Im Vergleich zu traumatischen Frakturen stellen pathologische Frakturen ein eher seltenes Ereignis dar. Definitionsgemäß handelt es sich dabei um Knochenbrüche ohne adäquates Trauma, die durch benigne oder maligne Knochenveränderungen verursacht sein können. Entscheidend für die richtige Verfahrenswahl bei der Versorgung pathologischer Frakturen ist die differential-diagnostische Abklärung der zugrundeliegenden Knochenveränderungen. Therapeutisches Ziel bei benignen Prozessen ist die sichere und dauerhafte Ausheilung mit Wiederherstellung von Funktion und Belastbarkeit. Bei Malignomen müssen potentiell kurativ behandelbare Patienten erkannt und entsprechend onkologisch suffizient therapiert werden. In den übrigen Fällen mit palliativer Zielsetzung sollen Schmerzfreiheit und die Wiederherstellung der Gehfähigkeit für den verbleibenden Lebensabschnitt des Patienten erreicht werden. Die Therapie muß aufgrund einer Vielzahl beeinflussender Faktoren stets individuell geplant werden. Standardisierte Behandlungsstrategien können nur eingeschrdnkt aufgestellt werden. In der Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Uniklinik Tubingen wurden im Zeitraum von 1983–1993 insgesamt 143 pathologische Frakturen bei 131 Patienten versorgt. 10 Frakturen wurden konservativ, 133 operativ behandelt. Am häufigsten waren Metastasen (61), juvenile Knochenzysten (19), Osteoporose (17) und das Plasmozytom (16) für eine pathologische Fraktur verantwortlich. Prädilektionsstellen der pathologischen Frakturen stellten Humerus und Femur dar. Bevorzugte Operationsverfahren waren der endoprothetische Ersatz und die Verbundosteosynthese. Die Altersverteilung zeigte ein gehduftes Auftreten pathologischer Frakturen bei jugendlichen Patienten bis zum 20. Lebensjahr und Erwachsenen zwischen dem 5. und 7. Lebensjahrzehnt. Den meisten Frakturen (57,3%) lag ein Malignom zugrunde. Mit Ausnahme eines Falles wurden bei Tumorpatienten sämtliche Frakturen operativ stabilisiert. Zum Zeitpunkt der Nachuntersuchung lebten von 74 Tumorpatienten noch 6 (8,1%). Die durchschnittliche Überlebens-dauer der 68 verstorbenen Patienten betrug 11,6 Monate. Die Überlebenszeiten waren von der Art des Primärtumors abhängig. Bei benignen Knochenverdnderungen konnten alle 55 Frakturen zur Ausheilung gebracht werden, davon 9 Frakturen durch eine konservative Therapie. Refrakturen wurden nicht beobachtet. Bei juvenilen Knochenzysten konnte mittels Kürettage bzw. En-bloc-Resektion mit einer Rezidivrate von 23,5% im Vergleich zu den Literaturangaben ein sehr gutes Ergebnis erzielt werden.
    Notes: Abstract Compared with bone fractures caused by trauma, pathologic fractures due to diseased bone are rare events. A pathologic fracture is one that occurs without adequate trauma and is caused by a benign or malignant bone lesion. Diagnosis of the basic disease is important for the subsequent therapy. In cases of benign bone lesions the aim of treatment is total osseus healing with complete restoration of function. In malignant pathologic fractures surgery is an essential part of the overall oncologic treatment design. In most cases it is combined with adjuvant therapy. Various surgical procedures are available for fractures at different sites and depending on whether the operation is performed with curative or palliative intent. In cases of progressive neoplastic disease stabilization is necessary to attenuate pain and to maintain mobility. Between 1983 and 1993 we treated 131 patients with 143 pathologic fractures. Conservative therapy was possible in 10 cases, while 133 fractures had to be treated surgically. Most fractures were caused by skeletal metastasis (61), solitary bone cysts (19), osteoporosis (17) and plasmocytoma (16). The most frequent localizations of pathologic fractures were humerus and femur. The favoured methods of surgical stabilization were endoprosthesis and reinforced osteosynthesis. Most fractures appeared in adolescent patients up to the age of 19 and in adults between the 5th and the 7th decade, and 57.3% of the fractures were caused by a primary or secondary malignant tumour lesion. Surgical treatment was performed in all but 1 case of malignant pathologic fractures. Of 74 patients, with malignant bone lesions 6 (8.1%), are still alive. For 68 patients who died after stabilization, the average survival time was 11.6 months; individual survival time depended on the kind of the tumour present. In 55 patients with fractures in the area of benign bone lesions complete healing was achieved, in 9 cases with conservative therapy. The rate of recurrence for solitary bone cysts treated by curettage or segment resection was 23.5%. Compared with the recurrence rates published by other authors this is a very good result.
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