Hip Fracture Surgery vs Elective Total Hip Replacement To the EditorThe study byDr LeManach and colleagues1 compared differences in hospital mortality between patients undergoing hip fracture surgery and elective total hip replacement. A population matched for age, sex, and preoperative comorbidities topatientswhounderwent the2operationswas created using a multivariable logistic model and a gre...

The authors present history, indications and complications of total hip replacement in 206 patients in a period of 10 months. They compare the rate of complications with published data. They present pre-operative examination, prophylaxis and specific problems in their conditions.

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder which rarely affects the musculoskeletal system. The presentation as chronic arthritis is even rarer and leads to significant disability in patients with large joint involvement, who already have a compromised respiratory reserve. We report a case of bilateral hip sarcoid arthritis treated by total hip replacement which led to a good functional outcome. Tot...

BACKGROUND Preoperative expectations of outcome of total hip and knee arthroplasty are important determinants of patients' satisfaction and functional outcome. Aims of the study were (1) to translate the Hospital for Special Surgery Hip Replacement Expectations Survey and Knee Replacement Expectations Survey into Dutch and (2) to study test-retest reliability and concurrent validity. METHODS ...

Total Hip Replacement is a method of prosthetic reconstruction of the acetabulum and proximal femur following hip joint destruction. Prosthetic fractures have been reported after primary surgery ; with majority of them at the prosthetic stem. Few had fracture through neck of prosthetic stem. Here, we report a rare case of fracture neck of prosthetic stem within 10 year of implantation in a pati...

OBJECTIVES This article examines trends in hip and knee replacement surgery between 1981/82 and 1998/99, focussing on procedures involving seniors. It also presents 1998/99 data on readmissions within 30 days. DATA SOURCES Data on hip and knee replacement are from the Hospital Morbidity Database for 1981/82 through 1998/99. The Person-oriented Information Database is used to examine readmissi...

Total hip replacement is one of the most common orthopaedic reconstructive procedures performed today, with more than 40 000 replacements completed annually in Canada. New surgical techniques and materials have led to procedures that produce profound changes in the lives of patients and allow them to resume virtually all of their previous activities. Sir John Charnley developed low-friction art...

Background and purpose - Assessment of potential disparities in access to care is a vital part of achieving equity in health and healthcare. We have therefore studied the effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on the rates of knee and hip replacement due to osteoarthritis. Methods - This was a cohort study in Skåne, Sweden. We included all residents aged ≥ 35 years with consultations between 2004...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Dysplasia of the hip increases the risk of secondary degenerative change and subsequent total hip replacement. Here we report on age at diagnosis of dysplasia, previous treatment, and quality of life for patients born after 1967 and registered with a total hip replacement due to dysplasia in the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register. We also used the medical records to validate...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationships between weight at early and middle adulthood and adult weight gain and the risk of total knee and hip replacement for OA. METHODS At baseline interview during 1990-94, 38,149 participants [mean age 54.9 (S.D. 8.6) years] of the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study were asked to recall their weight at age 18-21 years and had their middle age height and w...