The Results of Revision of Tata! Hip Arthroplasty

Twenty one revisional totcri hip arthroplasties were perfomed in Orthopaedics and Traıunatology Department of Gülhane Military Medical School bel-ween 1985-1991. Fourteen patients had been ope-rated previously with cemented Total 1 lip art-roplasty, two patients with Austin Moore type endoprosthesis and one with proximal femoral as-teotorny. For pre and post-operative evaltıations, the ra-ting system of Pellici et al., based upon pain, wal-lcing, function, musclepower-motion, aretabuter and femoral radiogranıs, was used. The mean score was 26.4 preoperatively and 44.9 postoperatively. The average age of the patients were 465 (33- 77) al the time of primary hip artroplasties. Re-visional artroplasties were peıformed between 1-23 years after primary artroplasties (mean 8 years). Nine patients were male (52.9%) and eight were female (47.1%). Two patients were operated tıvice for the same hip and one patient three times.