Forty-two year survival with bilateral Judet hip prostheses

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Tatari H., Alici E., Havitcioglu H.

ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY, vol.121, pp.112-113, 2001 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 121
• Publication Date: 2001
• Doi Number: 10.1007/s004020000149
• Journal Name: ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.112-113
• Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this case report, a 70-year-old man is presented who had begun to suffer from ankylosing spondylitis when he was 12 years old and had been operated on be cause of bilateral hip ankylosis at the age of 21 years. The interesting aspect of this case is that both hips were replaced with Judet type prostheses, which survived for 42 years.