Abstract: Background: With the recent evolution of hip arthroplasty, new models of short stems have emerged. So far, we do not have a clear strategy to analyze their outcomes, since there is confusion around the definition of short stem and there is no consensus for their classification. Purposes: The ...
Abstract OBJECTIVE To investigate endotoxins in sterilized surgical instruments used in hip arthroplasties. METHOD A descriptive exploratory study conducted in a public teaching hospital. Six types of surgical instruments were selected, namely: acetabulum rasp, femoral rasp, femoral head remover, chi...
An 52 year-old female patient with right hip joint Tuberculosis, received a Titanium total joint arthroplasty in 1991. Eleven years later, she presented low extremity swelling and inguinal mass, which was studied with ultrasound and computed tomography. The main differential diagnosis was an iliopsoas sa...
El presente trabajo es un estudio retrospectivo de 14 pacientes de cadera con artrosis secundaria a fractura del acetábulo, sometidos a artroplastia total de cadera con el uso del acetábulo no segmentado expansivo de Spotorno. La edad media de los pacientes en el momento de la artroplastia era de 47 aÃ...
