HIP REPLACEMENT AUDIT

Safety of total hip replacement following an intra-articular steroid hip injection--an audit.

The aim of this study was to determine the deep infection rates in patients who underwent a total hip replacement after having had a prior diagnostic steroid injection into the same hip. We identified and reviewed the case notes, relevant radiographs and microbiology reports of all patients who underwent a total hip replacement after a diagnostic steroid hip injection in our unit from 1 January...

Audit of Use of Blood Transfusion in Primary, Elective, Unilateral Total Hip Replacement

A clinical audit of the utilisation of red cell products in elective total hip replacement surgery.

BACKGROUND Previous studies have documented a marked variation in transfusion practice for total hip replacement (THR) surgery. OBJECTIVE To audit red cell product utilisation for THR at two Western Cape tertiary referral hospitals (HY and HG). METHODS The folders of 207 consecutive patients undergoing elective THR surgery from January 2013 to December 2013 were reviewed. Information relati...

Reconstruction of the Acetabulum in Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip in Total Hip Replacement

Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) or congenital hip dysplasia (CDH) is the most prevalent developmental childhood hip disorder. It includes a wide spectrum of hip abnormalities ranging from dysplasia to subluxation and complete dislocation of the hip joint. The natural history of neglected DDH in adults is highly variable. The mean age of onset of symptoms is 34.5 years for dysplastic DD...

Total hip replacement.