Mechanical failure in double cup arthroplasty of the hip
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1Servicio de Cirugia Ortopedica y Traumatologia, Hospital del Insalud de Aviles, Asturias, Spain.
International Orthopaedics
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
Mechanical complications of double cup arthroplasty of the hip are common, particularly loosening of the components. This paper describes a series of 26 such operations with an average follow-up of 67 months. There was a failure rate or 53.8% and these hips had to be revised with another type of replacement. Our results are compared with other reported series.
