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A case of Total Hip Arthroplasty infection with Staphylococcus aureus co-infected with Salmonella choleraesuis was treated with two-stage exchange and administration of vancomycin and ciprofloxacin. No signs of re-infection have appeared 14 months after surgery. Cases of Salmonella infection of hip prostheses are quite rare, with only a handful of...

Between 1991 and 2008, patients undergoing primary and revision hip arthroplasty surgeries have trended toward shorter hospital lengths of stay (LOS), but higher rates of discharge to skilled care facilities and higher rates of readmission, according to a study published in the April 20 issue of JAMA.
Shorter Hospital Stays, But...

REFERENCE: Wuh, H. C. K., Jones, L. C., and Hungerford, D. S., "Strain Analysis of the Proximal Femur After Total Hip Replacement," Quantitative Characterization and Performance of Porous Implants for Hard Tissue Applications, ASTM STP 953, J. E. Lemons, Ed., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1987, pp. 249—263.
Strain...

Links to Annual reports in Swedish from 1997 and in English from 2002. Also copies of documents distributed at recent AAOS meetings.

May 13, 2010 — Patients who take statins after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) may greatly reduce the risk for revision surgery, according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, American Volume.
The most common reasons for revision after THA — one...

With a non-transfemoral approach, the removal of the loose femoral prosthesis, the bone cement and the granuloma is difficult and time- and blood-consuming, especially in the revision of long stems, and is fraught with the risk of uncontrolled fractures and perforations of the defective bone. With the transfemoral approach, the femoral...

- Link to the natural history of DDH:
- acetabular rim syndrome: - results from dysplastic hip, which stresses the labrum, resulting in labral degeneration;
- hip...

Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics Discussion: - most common complication in total hip arthroplasty and most common cause of component failure; - osteolysis is a time dependent process which arises from inflammatory reaction against polyethylene particulate debris; - patho-biology: ...

Notes on approx 50 topics relating to THA.
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Total Hip Replacement (CBM 94-5) Bibliography of articles printed 1991-1994

November 30, 2007 — Patients who undergo total hip replacement for osteoarthritis (OA) report a noticeable long-term improvement in physical functioning, whereas age-matched population controls show a decline in function, according to the results of a study reported in the December issue of Arthritis Care Research.(Arthritis Care Res. 2007;57(8):1375–1380.)
Although total...

Notes on -
* Complications
* Joint Registry
* Outcome Measures
* Primary
* Revision THR

Trochanteric nonunion associated with total hip arthroplasty (THA) may result from 1 of 3 situations: 1) isolated fracture of the greater trochanter; 2) complication of trochanteric osteotomy; or 3) fracture secondary to cystic formation or osteolysis from wear debris post-THA.
William N. Capello, MD; Judy R. Feinberg, PhD ORTHOPEDICS 2008; 31:711

Urinary Excretion Levels of Metal Ions in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Replacement with a Porous-Coated Prosthesis: Preliminary Results
In: Quantitative Characterization and Performance of Porous Implants for Hard Tissue Applications, ASTM STP 953 J. E. Lemons, Ed., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1987, pp. 151—162.
by Lynne C. Jones, David S. Hungerford,...