Total hip replacement with the CLS expansion shell and a structural femoral head autograft for patients with congenital hip disease
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |
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| Field | Traumatology and orthopaedic surgery |
| Keywords | Congenital hip disease - total hip replacement |
| Description | The authors have used CLS expansion shell and a strukturacl femoral head autograft in patients with congenital hip disease in 43 patients in the years 1990-1994. There were Crowe type I 6, type II 31, type III 3 a type IV 3 patients. The coverage of the shell by the graft was 32 % at the average. The mean follow-up was 120 monoths. The mean Harris hip score has improved from 58 to 92 points. Osteointehgration of the shell was evident in all 43 hips. The was no failure of the graft. |