Article: Report summarizes hip replacements study findings from Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.(Clinical report)

Fresh data on hip replacements are presented in the report 'The anatomically difficult primary total hip replacement: medium- to long-term results using a cementless odular stem.' "This prospective study presents the ten-year (5 to 16) clinical and radiological results of 55 primary total hip replacements (THR) using a cementless modular femoral component (S-ROM). All patients had a significant anatomical abnormality which rendered the primary THR difficult," scientists in Stanmore, the United Kingdom report (see also Hip Replacements).

"The mean Harris hip score was 36 (12 to 72) pre-operatively, 83 (44 to 100) at five years, and 85 (45 to 99) at ten years. The ...

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