The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 81:437 (1999)
© 1999 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
Correspondence
John D. Kaufman, M.D.,
John J. Callaghan, M.D.,
Erin E. Forest, M.D.,
Jason P. Olejniczak, B.A.,
Richard C. Johnston, M.D. and
Devon D. Goetz, M.D.
TO THE EDITOR:
The article "Charnley Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients Less Than Fifty Years Old. A Twenty to Twenty-five-Year Follow-up Note" (80-A: 704714, May 1998), by Callaghan et al., is an interesting documentation of the long-term results of total hip arthroplasty in the most challenging population of patients who are managed with this procedure: those who are less than fifty years old. The 23 percent rate of revision due to aseptic loosening is evidence of an important complication associated with a procedure that is being performed at a reported rate of increase of 5 to 8 percent per year2. One of the criteria that Callaghan et al. used as evidence of loosening was the appearance of a radiolucent line at the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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