title: The Hastings hip in osteoarthritis. A study of 47 cases with a 5-year follow-up period.
abstract: A prospective study of the use of the Hastings biarticular hemiarthroplasty for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip in 47 hips in elderly patients (mean age, 76 years), with a mean follow-up period of 5 years, is reported. Seventy-four percent of these patients were pain-free or had slight pain only. The results were best in patients older than 80 years. Survivorship analysis showed an 86.2% cumulative success rate at 7 years. Surgical complications occurred in only 4%. There were no deaths attributable to surgery. Acetabular erosion greater than 2 mm occurred in 22% but did not correlate with symptoms. This operation is useful in the management of elderly, unfit patients.
authors.affiliation: Rayne Institute, St. Thomas's Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Wetherell
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Hinves
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011859:Radiography