Abstract
Using the EOL cup, 15 operations were performed between December 1999 and January 2001. Most of them were salvage procedures after recurrent dislocations of total hip replacement and their revisions. The six men and nine women (mean age 63 years) had experienced a total of 42 dislocations and 16 previous revision procedures. One patient had seven recorded dislocations, two cases each had three previous revisions, and three cases each had two previous revisions.
The mean follow-up was 10 months. No redislocations have occurred.
This cup presents an alternative salvage solution for problem cases.
The abstracts were prepared by Professor M. B. E. Sweet. Correspondence should be addressed to him at The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical School, University of Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193 South Africa
