title: The dislocating hip: what to do, what to do.
abstract: Dislocation complicates between 1% and 3% of primary total hip arthroplasties (THAs) and 7% to 10% of revision procedures. Sixty percent of dislocations occur within the first 5 weeks. Closed reduction is successful in 67% of cases. If the hip keeps dislocating, revision surgery for instability is successful in only about 61% of patients. Many successful techniques have been described to deal with recurrent instability, including trochanteric advancement, modular component exchange, jumbo femoral heads, a bipolar or tripolar arthroplasty, or a constrained acetabular component. This article discusses the results of various surgical interventions and presents a treatment algorithm.
authors.affiliation: London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Bourne
authors.forename: Ramin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehin
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation