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[Medium-term results using the cement-free individual femur replacement].

Between april 1985 and march 1989 183 individual hip prosthesis of the Aldinger type have been implanted at the university hospital of Tübingen. The time of follow up was 37.3 months. In the average the patients were 55.0 years old. In 39 patients one or several operations had be done at the same hip joint before the implantation of the individual hip. 7 hip prosthesis had to be removed. In two cases 1 respectively 1 1/2 years after the primary operation an infection of the prosthesis mad a replacement necessary. In five cases a aseptic loosening of the prosthesis occurred. 139 patients were painfree. In 13 patients there was an intensive femoral pain; 4 of these patients showed radiological signs of loosening. 159 Patients were satisfied with the result of the operation. In one case a fissure of the femoral shaft occurred; a fracture of the femoral shaft was not found. Our early results with an individual hip prosthesis are promising, but we have to wait for the long-term-results.

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Rhodotorula minuta: an unusual fungal infection in hip-joint prosthesis.

Fungal infections of total joint arthroplasty are uncommon complications, and most cases have been associated with Candida species. In this article, we present a case in which a total hip arthroplasty was infected with Rhodotorula minuta. Intraoperative gram stain showed yeast formsand led to early detection and immediate treatment with amphotericin B and bacitracin. Successful reimplantation was performed 12 months later. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of arthroplasty infection caused by R minuta.

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[Traumatic indications for total hip joint prosthesis].

In the years 1978-1986 the authors implanted 207 total prostheses in patients with the fracture of the femoral neck or after the fractures in the area of the hip joint. 50 patients were operated on for an acute fracture of the neck. The surgical technique in these indications does not differ on principle from the surgical technique of coxarthrosis. They point out a higher number of some peroperative complications. They checked 141 patients with and average follow-up of 47 months. In 4.2 per cent of late complications they reported roentgenological symptoms of loosening. Reoperation because of the loosening of the acetabular component was inevitable in 2.9 per cent of patients. All these cases fall into the group of patients in which the total hip arthroplasty was performed after the fractures of the acetabulum. In no patient it was necessary to reoperate the femoral component. Within the check up the patients underwent roentgenological examination and the result was assessed by the method according to Harris. In total, excellent result was reported in 43.2 per cent of patients, good result in 29.8 per cent, fair result in 14.2 per cent and poor result in 12.8 per cent of patients. With regard to a low number of complications and very good results of the evaluation according to Harris the authors consider total hip arthroplasty in the treatment of post-traumatic conditions for fully indicated. Total hip arthroplasty is indicated also in acute fractures of the femoral neck in which it brings in a short time interval good functional results with minimum complications. A group at risk is represented by patients operated on after the fractures of acetabulum.

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Endovascular treatment of arterial injury as an uncommon complication after orthopedic surgery.

PURPOSE: To evaluate selective and superselective catheter therapy of serious arterial damage associated with orthopedic surgery of the pelvis, hip joint, femur, and knee. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between 1989 and 2005, 16 consecutive patients with arterial damage after orthopedic surgery (seven women, nine men; mean age, 62 years; age range, 21-82 y) underwent angiographic exploration. Seven patients were in hemodynamically unstable condition. Initial orthopedic procedures were iliac crest internal fixation (n = 1); total hip prosthesis (n = 3); revision of total hip prosthesis (n = 4); revision of acetabular cup prosthesis (n = 1); gamma-nailing, nail-plate fixation, or intramedullary nailing (n = 3); and total knee prosthesis (n = 4). RESULTS: Angiography showed pseudoaneurysms (n = 11), vascular lacerations with active extravasation (n = 3), and arteriovenous fistulas with extravasation (n = 2). After angiographic documentation of serious arterial injury, 14 patients were treated with a single or coaxial catheter technique in combination with coils alone, coils and polyvinyl alcohol particles, coils and Gelfoam pledgets, or Gelfoam pledgets; or balloon occlusion with isobutyl cyanoacrylate and coils. Two patients were treated with covered stents. In all, bleeding was effectively controlled in a single session in 16 patients, with immediate circulatory stabilization. Major complications included death, pulmonary embolism, and postprocedural hematoma. CONCLUSION: Selective and superselective catheter therapy may be used for effective, minimally invasive management of rare but potentially life-threatening vascular complications after orthopedic surgery.

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[2- to 7-year results of cement-free and cemented joint replacement in femoral neck fractures and coxarthrosis].

In 43 patients with cementless and 43 patients with cemented hip prosthesis (S+G hip system) a clinical and radiological follow up was performed 2-7 years after total hip replacement. In average the follow up period was 43 or 48 months. We found good or excellent results in 88% after cementless and 95% after cemented fixation. The results after cementless hip replacement were caused by loosening in the early postoperative period in 3 cases and more frequently thigh pain. In conclusion of our results and the expected later results after 10 years follow up we prefer the cementless fixation in patients under 60 years and cemented fixation in the group over 70 years. Patients between 60 and 70 years seems to benefit from a fixation with an cementless acetabular component and an cemented stem (hybrid prosthesis).

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An estimation of fatigue life for a carbon fibre/poly ether ether ketone hip joint prosthesis.

A fracture mechanics approach was applied to estimate the life of a prosthesis injection moulded from short carbon fibre reinforced poly ether ether ketone. Flexural modulus and strength, fracture toughness, fatigue endurance limit, fatigue crack growth rate and threshold stress intensity factor were determined. The dimensions of the test pieces were selected to yield fibre orientation and fibre length distributions similar to those obtained in the prosthesis. Stress levels generated in the prosthesis under different activities were estimated by conducting three-dimensional finite element analysis. It was shown by a fracture mechanics approach that a fatigue failure due to the propagation of an embedded elliptical slit, under these stresses, would be unlikely for a crack length smaller than 1.85 mm. However, the cement would fail under the same conditions, irrespective of the type of the prosthesis employed.

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[Follow up of total hip prothesis: storage phosphor versus screen-film radiography].

PURPOSE: Digital radiography may lead to interpretation difficulties in patients with hip prosthesis, especially when initial evaluation was performed using screen film radiography. The purpose of this study was to evaluate inter-observer and inter-technique reproducibility comparing digital and screen-film radiography. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Twenty-eight patients with unilateral (n=24) or bilateral (n=4) hip prosthesis (total=32 prostheses) underwent screen-film and digital (storage phosphor) radiography. The bone-cement and metal-cement interfaces were evaluated for the presence of a lucent line in 14 different sectors reclassified into 3 regions. This evaluation was performed by two independent readers. Inter-observer and inter-technique reproducibility were calculated using kappa values. RESULTS: The inter-observer reproducibility was negligible, poor or average with Kappa values ranging from 0.07 to 0.47. The degree of agreement between the two methods was poor, average or good for both observers with Kappa values ranging from 0.10 to 0.66. CONCLUSION: Although inter-technique agreement is not high, it is better than inter-observer agreement. Therefore, storage phosphor technique should not be rejected for total hip prosthesis follow-up, even though previous films were screen-film radiographs.

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[Septic infection of hip joint prosthesis with Listeria monocytogenes].

A case of Listeria monocytogenes septicaemia and infection of a prosthetic hip joint is presented in a patient with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The patient developed the infection five and a half years after primary alloplastic operation. The prosthesis was removed and a temporary prosthesis with gentamicin was placed ("spacer"). The antibiotic treatment included ampicillin, pivampicillin and sulfamethoxazole-trimetroprim. Six weeks after removal of the prosthesis an un-cemented prosthesis was placed, and the patient had a full functional recovery.

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