[Noncemented revision of femoral hip joint prostheses with severe bone defects (preliminary report)]

The authors present an account of their initial experience with Wagner's non-cemented femoral revision prosthesis of the hip joint. After a brief technical description of the implant the mention the indications and contraindications of they revision shaft. They emphasize the necessity of peroperative planning and describe the surgical technique. Since 1992 they used a revision shaft in five patients (three times in aseptic loosening of a TEP of the hip joint, once during septic loosening and once when treating a periprosthetic fracture with extensive bone destruction). Long-term experience will be the subject of a subsequent paper.