Aims. We investigated whether blood metal ion levels could effectively
identify patients with bilateral Birmingham
We have investigated how medical postponement, the time to surgery and the correction of medical abnormalities, according to McLaughlin criteria, before operation affected peri-operative mortality after fracture of the
We have reviewed 70 patients with bilateral simultaneous total hip arthroplasties to determine the rate of failure and to compare polyethylene wear and osteolysis between an implant with a cobalt-chrome head and Hylamer liner with that of a zirconia head and Hylamer liner. The mean thickness of the polyethylene liner was 11.0 mm (8.8 to 12.2) in the
We report the case of a 22-year-old woman who underwent plate and screw fixation for a traumatic left acetabular fracture and fixation with cancellous screws for an associated femoral neck fracture. Two months later, the internal fixation became infected and was removed. This resulted in a painful high dislocation of the
Between May 1992 and April 1997, there were 20 452 births in the Blackburn District. In the same period 1107 infants with
We made a prospective study of 111 children with acute hip pain to assess whether ultrasound can replace traditional radiography. An effusion was diagnosed in 71% by ultrasound but in only 15% by radiography. This effusion persisted for a mean of nine days; symptoms lasted for five days. Two patients found to have Perthes' disease had longer-lasting effusion and symptoms. Patients without an effusion had no obvious cause for their pain, so the pressure of an effusion from a transient synovitis does not account for all patients with irritable
We have followed up for a period of seven to nine years 100 consecutive arthroplasties of the
We have studied prospectively the outcome of wound discharge in patients after arthroplasty of the
The efficacy of traction before an attempted closed reduction for patients with developmental dislocation of the
Studies on the migration of an implant may be the only way of monitoring the early performance of metal-on-metal prostheses. The Ein Bild Roentgen Analyse - femoral component analysis (EBRA-FCA) method was adapted to measure migration of the femoral component in a metal-on-metal surface arthroplasty of the
Using a computer-based quality assurance program, we analysed peri-operative data on 160 patients undergoing one-stage bilateral
In 1895 Trendelenburg described his sign to determine the integrity of
We undertook a prospective randomised controlled trial involving 400 patients with a displaced intracapsular fracture of the
The inherent challenges of total
Fractures of the proximal femur are one of the
greatest challenges facing the medical community, constituting a
heavy socioeconomic burden worldwide. The National
Ultrasonography of the
After late reduction of the
Only two cases have been reported of congenital dislocation of the