Longest Known Follow-up of a Hip Arthroplasty: The Last Chapter of a 65-Year Long Story

INTRODUCTION The Smith-Petersen vitallium mold arthroplasty was a real landmark in arthroplasty surgery as this was the first technique which produced predictable and satisfactory results. CASE REPORT We present the longest known follow-up of any hip arthroplasty in literature. The arthroplasty was performed in 1949 in London on a 30-years-old female patient with congenital hip dysplasia, and it was revised in 2014 after 65 years. CONCLUSION Total hip arthroplasties nowadays give better functional results, but the fact that the patient got 65 years of the relatively good function is noteworthy and is a tribute to Dr. Marius Nygaard Smith-Petersen.