Abstract
Using the EOL cup, we performed 15 operations between December 1999 and January 2001. Most of them were salvage procedures after recurrent dislocation of total hip arthroplasty and subsequent revision surgery. The six men and nine women (mean age 63 years) had experienced a total of 42 dislocations and 16 previous revision procedures. The mean follow-up was 10 months. No redislocation has occurred.
We believe the EOL cup is 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
