The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 58, Issue 8 1098-1104, Copyright © 1976 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Joint replacement surgery in patients under thirty
RS Bsila, AE Inglis and CS Ranawat
Forty-five patients, twenty-six of them with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis,
had sixty-seven total hip arthroplasties. The patients' ages ranged from
twelve to twenty-nine years. An over-all good result was demonstrated in 93
per cent of the patients had a poor result, in 6.9 per cent. The average
follow-up period was 32.5 months. Careful planning in severely dysplastic
joints should be done.