We present the case of a 28-year-old woman with oto-spondylo-megaepiphyseal dysplasia, which is a rare skeletal disorder, who underwent bilateral total hip arthroplasty. Full-scale three-dimensional plaster model of the acetabulum and the femur provided us with a feasible preoperative plan. Pre- and postoperative three-dimensional motion analyses proved a significant improvement in her ambulati...

Colonna capsular arthroplasty represents an option for the management of chronic hip dislocation in young patients with dysplasia. In the appropriate patient, modern capsular arthroplasty procedures may provide an opportunity for hip preservation in patients with preserved femoral head cartilage and not appropriate for total hip arthroplasty. Here, we review our experience with surgical disloca...

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Background: Although it has been shown that perioperative protocols enhance arthroplasty care and safety, it isnot known how prevalent their use is in safety net hospitals, which operate with a mandate to treat the poor andunderserved. Understanding the elements currently included in standard perioperative arthroplasty protocols at variousinstitutions may help guide future interventions and pol...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Postoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in serum appear to reflect surgical trauma. We examined CRP levels after 4 types of arthroplasty. MATERIAL AND METHODS We investigated 102 patients who had total knee arthroplasty (TKA), computer navigation-assisted total knee arthroplasty (NAV-TKA), hip resurfacing arthroplasty (metal on metal, MMSA) and total hip arthropla...

BACKGROUND Osteoarthritis of the hip is successfully treated by total hip arthroplasty with metal-on-polyethylene articulation. Polyethylene wear debris can however lead to osteolysis, aseptic loosening and failure of the implant. Large head metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty may overcome polyethylene wear induced prosthetic failure, but can increase systemic cobalt and chromium ion concentr...

BACKGROUND We investigated the rate of conversion to total hip arthroplasty by twenty years and radiographic findings at a minimum of twenty years after rotational acetabular osteotomy. METHODS Between June 1986 and August 1991, we performed 172 rotational acetabular osteotomies in 168 patients with acetabular dysplasia. Of those, ninety-three hips (ninety-one patients), including twenty-thre...

„ the National Institute for Health and clinical excellence states that research into the clinical and cost effectiveness of total hip arthroplasty as a treatment for hip fracture is a research priority. „ can a suitable trial investigating total hip arthroplasty for hip fracture currently be delivered in the NHS? „ A mixed methods approach to situate a feasibility trial within the context of t...