Abstract
Using the EOL+ cup, 25 operations were performed between December 1999 and February 2003. Most of them were salvage procedures for recurrent dislocations following primary and revision hip surgery.
The 18 women and seven men (mean age 65 years) had experienced a total of about 50 dislocations and 20 previous revision procedures. One patient had seven recorded dislocations, three had each had three previous revisions, and three cases had each had two previous revisions.
The mean follow-up was 22 months. No redislocations have occurred. One patient was revised to another EOL+ cup.
This cup presents an alternative salvage solution in problem cases, including those due to poor musculature, which do not respond to conventional solutions.
The abstracts were prepared by Professor M.B.E. Sweet. Correspondence should be addressed to him at PO Box 47363, Parklands, Johannesburg 2121, South Africa.
