Sixty-six patients are presented who have had a total hip replacement by the Charnley low-friction technique after injuries of the hip, the majority of which were fracture-dislocations. The clinical results of the arthroplasties in this relatively young group of patients are shown to be very good. The selection of young patients for total hip replacement arthroplasty is discussed.

OBJECTIVE In this retrospective study, we evaluated the demographic characteristics of patients that underwent hip replacement surgery in our orthopedic clinic. Associated diseases, preoperative laboratory findings, intraoperative findings, and the effect of admission or refusal to the intensive care unit on postoperative mortality and morbidity were recorded. Furthermore, we tried to identify ...

Total hip replacement is one of the most successful and cost eVective interventions in medicine. 2 It oVers reliable relief of pain and considerable improvement in function in patients suVering with osteoarthritis or inflammatory arthritis of the hip. Currently about 50 000 hip replacements are performed in the United Kingdom annually while worldwide the number is over 300 000. Two thirds of th...

Total hip replacement is one of the most successful and cost eVective interventions in medicine. 2 It oVers reliable relief of pain and considerable improvement in function in patients suVering with osteoarthritis or inflammatory arthritis of the hip. Currently about 50 000 hip replacements are performed in the United Kingdom annually while worldwide the number is over 300 000. Two thirds of th...

Dislocation is the most frequent serious complication following total hip replacement for subcapital femoral fracture. We report a prospective study, using matched groups, which compared the range of hip movement following hip replacement for arthritis and for fracture. The range of movement was significantly greater in the fracture group. We suggest that this is a predisposing factor for dislo...

Total hip replacement is one of the most successful and cost eVective interventions in medicine. 2 It oVers reliable relief of pain and considerable improvement in function in patients suVering with osteoarthritis or inflammatory arthritis of the hip. Currently about 50 000 hip replacements are performed in the United Kingdom annually while worldwide the number is over 300 000. Two thirds of th...

Total hip replacement is one of the most successful and cost eVective interventions in medicine. 2 It oVers reliable relief of pain and considerable improvement in function in patients suVering with osteoarthritis or inflammatory arthritis of the hip. Currently about 50 000 hip replacements are performed in the United Kingdom annually while worldwide the number is over 300 000. Two thirds of th...

BACKGROUND The age- and gender-specific incidence of total hip replacement surgery has increased over the last two decades in all age groups. Recent studies indicate that non-surgical interventions are effective in reducing pain and disability, even at later stages of the disease when joint replacement is considered. We hypothesize that the time to hip replacement can be postponed in patients w...

Hip replacement surgery has gone through tremendous evolution since the first procedure in 1840. In the past five decades the advances that have been made in technology, advanced and smart materials innovations, surgical techniques, robotic surgery and methods of fixations and sterilization, facilitated hip implants that undergo multiple design revolutions seeking the least problematic implants...