Mechanical failure in double cup arthroplasty of the hip.
Mechanical complications of double cup arthroplasty of the hip are common, particularly loosening of the components. This paper describes a series of 26 such operations with an average follow-up of 67 months. There was a failure rate or 53.8% and these hips had to be revised with another type of replacement. Our results are compared with other reported series.
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Servicio de Cirugia Ortopedica y Traumatologia, Hospital del Insalud de Aviles, Asturias, Spain.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000601:surgery; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation