title: Conversion of hip fusion to total hip replacement: technique and results.
abstract: Hip arthrodesis remains a viable surgical technique in well selected patients, typically the young manual labourer with isolated unilateral hip disease. Despite this, its popularity with patients and surgeons has decreased due to the evolution of hip replacement, and is seldom chosen by young adult patients today. The surgeon is more likely to encounter a patient who requests conversion to total hip replacement (THR). The most common indications are a painful pseudarthrosis, back pain, ipsilateral knee pain or contralateral hip pain. Occasionally the patient will request conversion because of difficulty with activities of daily living, body image and perceived cosmesis. The technique of conversion and a discussion of the results are presented.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, The University of British Columbia, Department of Orthopaedics, 3rd Floor, 910 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4E3, Canada.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Whitehouse
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Duncan
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000379:methods*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D001828:Body Image; D004954:Esthetics; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Arthoplasty; Hip Replacement; Arthrodesis; Conversion; Surgical Technique; Outcomes