title: Successful salvage of an unstable Girdlestone's excision arthroplasty with a megaprosthesis of the hip.
abstract: The functional results after a Girdlestone's excision arthroplasty of the hip are unpredictable with high patient dissatisfaction and complication rates. We report such a case of symptomatic patient, which was managed successfully with a megaprosthesis of the hip with constrained acetabular liner. The use of megaprosthesis for a failed and symptomatic Girdlestone's excision arthroplasty of the hip has not been reported before.
authors.affiliation: Senior Consultant, Department of Orthopaedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi 110067, India.
authors.forename: Raju
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vaishya
authors.affiliation: Consultant, Department of Orthopaedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi 110067, India.
authors.forename: Vipul
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vijay
authors.affiliation: Student, Department of Orthopaedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi 110067, India.
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vaish
keywords: Excision arthroplasty; Hip; Instability; Revision; Total hip replacement (THR)