Hip dysplasia and osteoarthrosis

Heberden's nodes and osteoarthrosis of the hip.

no significant association between osteoarthrosis of the weight bearing joints (hips and knees) and Heberden's nodes in a controlled study.2 My main criticism of the McGoldrick and O'Brien paper is that they do not compare like with like. The prevalence and severity of the nodes in their axillary, superomedial, and protrusion groups combined (representing primary OA) is indeed higher than in th...

Osteoarthrosis of the hip joint and sexual activity.

Association between trochanteric bursitis, osteoarthrosis and total hip arthroplasty☆☆☆

OBJECTIVE this was an epidemiological study on trochanteric bursitis at the time of performing total hip arthroplasty. METHODS sixty-two sequential patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty due to osteoarthrosis, without any previous history of trochanteric bursitis, were evaluated. The bursas were collected and evaluated histologically. RESULTS there were 35 female patients (56.5%) and...

Diflunisal in osteoarthrosis of the hip and knee.

Diflunisal (750 mg per day) has been compared with acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) (3000 mg per day) in the treatment of osteoarthrosis of the hip and knee in a double-blind, randomised, multicentre, outpatient study. Thirty-one patients entered the diflunisal group and 29 the ASA group. The response of the 2 groups was comparable, but the incidence of side effects was higher in the ASA group. At th...

Adult hip dysplasia and osteoarthritis

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