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000. 5 The average age of the affected patients is 47 years and there is a male to female ratio of 3:1. The Canadian, Swedish and Australian registries have demonstrated that this diagnosis accounts for about 2.8% to 6% of all primary total hip
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Introduction Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head (FH) causes 5% to 12% of total hip arthroplasties (THA). It especially affects active male adults between the third and fifth decades of life. 1 The exact worldwide incidence is
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(Norwich), John Watson-Farrar (Norwich) and Maurice E. Müller (Bern). 1 – 4 Cement was initially used to stabilize or fix hemiarthroplasty stems until Sir John Charnley, in the early 1960s, popularized its use in total hip arthroplasty. 5 , 6
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Background Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most successful surgical procedures and has been named the ‘operation of the century’. 1 Despite the success story of THA, there are some patients who will encounter further surgery
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In the article titled ‘The history of the development of the regular straight stem in hip arthroplasty’, Wellauer et al. published in this journal, the history of femoral stems in total hip arthroplasty (THA) is presented very clearly ( 1
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Introduction Femoral periprosthetic fractures are serious complications of total hip replacement (THR) with an expected incidence of 0.1–18% after THR. 1 – 3 A fracture around the implant has been reported as the third leading cause for
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( 2 ) focussing on the major developments of the stem in total hip arthroplasty and discussing the most common designs. The chosen format would never have allowed for providing a systematic review of all data available for each stem and each of its
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. 5. Salemyr M Muren O Ahl T et al. Lower periprosthetic bone loss and good fixation of an ultra-short stem compared to a conventional stem in uncemented total hip arthroplasty . Acta Orthop 2015 ; 86 : 659 – 666
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fractures. The patient was treated with a simultaneous bilateral total hip arthroplasty (THA) subsequently complicated by surgical wound infection. After debridement and antibiotics therapy he was discharged, and two years after the surgery he returned to
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It is projected that by 2030 the number of total hip arthroplasty (THA) revision procedures will have doubled in the USA. 1 Similar projections have been made in Australia, the UK and worldwide. 2 , 3 Revision THA poses a major challenge