title: Total hip arthroplasty for childhood fused hip.
abstract: The conversion of a painless fused hip of a long standing duration to a mobile hip is usually not demanded due to a number of per-operative problems, iatrogenic complications and a high demanding procedure. The conversion is, however, required when a patient develops chronic back pain or a painful pseudoarthrosis of the hip. Conversion due to pseudoarthrosis in a recent fracture through femoral neck of previously fused painless hip has never been reported. We are reporting this unique indication for conversion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi. dranisbhatti@gmail.com
authors.forename: Anisuddin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhatti
authors.forename: Kashif Mahmood
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Khurrum
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rasheed
authors.forename: Muhammad Saeed
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Minhas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000844:Ankylosis; D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000379:methods*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011542:Pseudarthrosis; D020127:Recovery of Function; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000150:complications; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications