Exision Arthroplasty
Sometimes the hip joint is so badly damaged, usually by infection,
that it becomes impossible to implant an artificial joint. Nor is
it possible to do any other reconstructive procedure. Then, in order
to relieve suffering and morbidity, we must give up having a hip joint
at all and remove the joint entirely by excising the diseased bone
and soft tissue.
This is like doing a first stage revision operation and not going
on to the second re-implantation stage.
Amazingly, it is possible to walk with no pain without a hip joint:
of course the leg is very short and unstable at its root, and the
support of one crutch is needed, yet many patients are very satisfied
with this “salvage“ operation.
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