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Acetabular augmentation using a glass-ceramic block: 3 patients followed 3-4 years
1Department of Orthopedics, Kansai Denryoku Hospital, Osaka, Japan. K-20433@kepco.co.jp
Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
|January 6, 2001
Abstract:
We have developed a block of glass-ceramic to augment the dysplastic acetabulum. 3 patients with acetabular dysplasia underwent implantation of a block of glass-ceramic on the lateral surface of the ilium just above the hip joint. The patients did not require immobilization and returned to their daily lives, walking without a cane 4 weeks after the operation. The mean Harris hip score was 47 points preoperatively and 94 points 3 years postoperatively.