We have reviewed 107 patients of 80 years or over who underwent primary total hip replacement. They had many more complications than younger patients. Thus, acute dislocation occurred in 15%, and became chronic in 9%; there were femoral shaft fractures in 4.6% and these, with shaft perforation gave universally poor results. Nevertheless, 75% of patients had a satisfactory outcome, with worthwhile relief of pain. It would seem sensible to warn elderly patients and their relatives of the increased risks in this
Revision total hip replacement (THR) for young
patients is challenging because of technical complexity and the potential
need for subsequent further revisions. We have assessed the survivorship,
functional outcome and complications of this procedure in patients
aged <
50 years through a large longitudinal series with consistent treatment
algorithms. Of 132 consecutive patients (181 hips) who underwent
revision THR, 102 patients (151 hips) with a mean
The treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip diagnosed after the first year of life remains controversial. A series of 36 children (47 hips),
Despite the worldwide usage of the cemented Contemporary
acetabular component (Stryker), no published data are available
regarding its use in patients
1. The incidence of osteogenic sarcoma, chondrosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma in relation to
Corticosteroid use has been implicated in the
development of osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH). The exact mechanism
and predisposing factors such as
We studied the integrity of the rotator cuff in both dominant and non-dominant shoulders of 90 asymptomatic adults between the
1. Human articular cartilage from normal femoral heads and from cases of osteoarthrosis in subjects of various
We reviewed 80 patients (87 hips) who were older than 80 years of
Radiographs of the shoulders of 84 asymptomatic individuals
Our goal was to evaluate the use of Ponseti’s
method, with minor adaptations, in the treatment of idiopathic clubfeet
presenting in children between five and ten years of
Chondrocytes of the growth plate are generally assumed to undergo apoptosis, but the mechanisms which induce this cell death are not known. The Fas receptor is a mediator of the apoptotic signal in some systems. We studied its expression in situ in growth plates of rabbits
We evaluated the outcome of 104 consecutive primary cemented Exeter femoral components in 78 patients (34 men, 44 women) under the
We present the validation of a translation into
Danish of the Oxford ankle foot questionnaire (OxAFQ). We followed the
Isis Pros guidelines for translation and pilot-tested the questionnaire
on ten children and their parents. Following modifications we tested
the validity of the final questionnaire on 82 children (36 boys
and 45 girls) with a mean
Despite the increase in numbers of the extreme elderly, little data is available regarding their outcome after surgery for fracture of the hip. We performed a prospective study of 50 patients
We report the long-term survival and functional
outcome of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) in patients
We reviewed the results of 84 total hip replacements performed with a short metaphyseal-fitting anatomical cementless femoral component in 84 unselected consecutive patients with a mean
We conducted an epidemiological study of osteosarcoma in Sweden from 1971 to 1984 to investigate whether the typical features of the disease had changed. Of 294 osteosarcoma patients reviewed, 249 had primary skeletal tumours, and for these the mean annual incidence was 2.1 per million, without any clear trend over time. The mean male/female ratio for the period was 1.6 again with no consistent pattern over time; nor was there any significant change in the distribution of tumours according to location. The only feature which showed a significant change over the 14-year period was the mean
Between November 1962 and December1990 a group of 1092 patients, 668 women and 424 men, under the