The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 61, Issue 7 1029-1034, Copyright © 1979 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Revisional total hip replacement for failed ring arthroplasty
JM Jones
In a series of 1,219 uncemented Ring total hip replacements performed over
an eleven-year period, ten prostheses had to be removed, mainly because of
infection, and eighty-two had to be revised, mainly because of loosening.
At an average of three years after revision, 81 per cent of the
reoperations had yielded satisfactory results.