Detearmination of Hip Adduction, Especially in Arthrodesis

Abduction arthrodesis of the hip.

Hip arthrodesis in adolescents using external fixation.

Between 1994 and 1998, seven adolescents underwent hip arthrodesis with the use of an external fixator. Mean time of follow-up was 24.0 months after surgery. The duration of fixation and time to fusion were 6.6 months (range, 5-9.5 months) and 8.0 months (range, 5.2-15 months), respectively. At most recent follow-up, there was a significant improvement in the mean modified Harris hip score, in ...

Conversion of hip arthrodesis to hip resurfacing: a case report.

Patients with hip arthrodeses are at risk of developing back pain or pain in other joints in the long term. Conversion to a total hip replacement or hip resurfacing leads to resolution of symptoms in most patients. We report a 40-year-old man who underwent conversion of a hip arthrodesis to hip resurfacing with good results.

Charnley compression arthrodesis of the hip.

In 1948 Charnley described the use of compression to achieve rapid fusion of diseased joints and in 1953 he formulated the criteria he considered necessary for the ideal compression arthrodesis. One criterion was the destruction of the natural centre of motion of the joint so as to produce a bone block which would allow a fibrous ankylosis to act as a “ second line of defence.” For the hip this...

Trochanteric fracture following hip arthrodesis: case presentation

Even if the intertrochanteric fracture under an arthrodesis hip is rare and the optimal surgical treatment is controversial, we consider that treating this kind of fracture with a locked plate was a success.