title: Multiple revision for failed Charnley low-friction arthroplasty.
abstract: We reviewed 54 patients at a mean follow-up of 4 years 4 months after rerevisions for failure of Charnley low-friction arthroplasty. Rerevision for aseptic loosening in 26 hips was satisfactory; there were no clinical failures and at the latest radiological assessment only one stem and three sockets showed signs of loosening. By contrast, nine of 20 multiple revisions for recurrent dislocation failed, as did five of eight multiple revisions for deep infection. There was radiological evidence of loosening in one stem and nine sockets in the former group and in three stems and five sockets in the latter.
authors.affiliation: Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, England.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wyssa
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Raut
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Siney
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Wroblewski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000601:surgery; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation