Total replacement of the hip joint affected by Paget's diseases.
In seven patients with Paget's disease involving the bones about the hip joint, associated degenerative changes of the joint caused such severe pain and disability that total hip replacement was necessary. The results were uniformly satisfactory and no serious complications were encountered.
D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000601:surgery*