Joint replacement surgery in patients under thirty.
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.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006615:Hip / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011859:Radiography; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000601:surgery