Physiotherapy following total hip replacement: The Mckee-Farrar prosthesis

Total hip replacement using the McKee-Farrar prosthesis. In rheumatoid arthritis, Still's disease, and ankylosing spondylitis.

Severe destructive change in the hip joint is not infrequent in patients with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis and Still's disease. In ankylosing spondylitis, whether primary or secondary to other diseases such as Still's disease, there may be a bony fusion or destruction. Various types of hip arthroplasty have been carried out in the last 30 years (Smith-Petersen, 1939; Chamley, 1961). The e...

Replacement of arthritic hips by the McKee-Farrar prosthesis.

The management of local complications of total hip replacement by the McKee-Farrar technique.

One thousand and forty-two McKee-Farrar prostheses of the present design inserted in Norwich from January 1965 to December 1972 have been reviewed retrospectively to determine the incidence of complications needing revision. Of prostheses implanted for more than two years, 6-6 per cent needed revision for loosening (cup 3-5 per cent; stem 2-2 per cent; both components 0-9 per cent). Of the tota...

Dislocation following total hip replacement.

An analysis of 142 dislocations from a multicentre study of 6774 total hip replacements is reported. The incidence of dislocation was 2.1 per cent. Patients with neuromuscular disorder, those in a confused mental state, and those undergoing revision operations are at special risk. The commonest surgical error, present in nearly half the patients, was placing the acetabular cup too vertically or...

Comparison of Titanium vs. Polycel Total Ossicular Replacement Prosthesis

Introduction: Even though modern technology progresses so rapidly, annals of otology are replete with so many challenging article, which often compare various types of prosthesis. Since there has not been a prospective randomized clinical trial study which compares the hearing result of total ossicular replacement prosthesis made of Titanium with omega connector and Polycel in the literature, w...