Hip arthroplasty with the thrust plate prosthesis in patients of 65 years of age or older: 67 patients followed 2-7 years

Karatosun, VASFİ; ÜNVER, BAYRAM; Gunal, Izge

doi:10.1007/s00402-007-0487-4

Hip arthroplasty with the thrust plate prosthesis in patients of 65 years of age or older: 67 patients followed 2-7 years

Karatosun V. A., ÜNVER B., Gunal I.

ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY, cilt.128, sa.4, ss.377-381, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 128 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2008
Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00402-007-0487-4
Dergi Adı: ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.377-381
Anahtar Kelimeler: hip, arthroplasty, thrust plate prosthesis, elderly, cementless prosthesis
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction Thrust plate prosthesis (TPP) is a relatively new concept in total hip arthroplasty and advocated to be used in young patients. We retrospectively evaluated the results of 67 patients (71 hips) who were older than 65 years of age and underwent hip arthroplasty using the TPP.