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Total hip arthroplasty in patients on long-term renal dialysis
D P Sakalkale1, W J Hozack, R H Rothman
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
The Journal of Arthroplasty
|September 4, 1999
Abstract:
End-stage renal failure patients on long-term renal dialysis who underwent total hip arthroplasty (THA) were followed. Fifteen hips were implanted in 12 patients. There was a high mortality (58%) and high overall early complication rate (58%) with a deep infection rate of 13%. Of patients, 76% (n = 11) had good clinicoradiologic outcome of the THA before their death or at their latest follow-up. THA in patients on dialysis, however, should be reserved for those among this group who are expected to have a better life expectancy.