Arthroplasty of the hip joint

Abstract

Total hip arthroplasty has completely revolutionized the nature in which the arthritic hip is treated, and it is considered to be one of the most successful orthopedic interventions of its generation. It has been practiced at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad since 1970, and several thousand interventions like this have been performed. A continuous increase in the number of such interventions is noticed, this particularly applies to revision hip arthroplasty procedures by implanting cementless, hybrid and cemented prostheses. In routine clinical practice fresh frozen allotransplants from bone bank are used to fill the bone defect, and 671 revision hip interventions were performed in the last 15 years. A large number of arthroplasty procedures and good postoperative outcome result from long tradition in performing these interventions, and they are achieved by well educated orthopedic surgeons, excellent anesthesiology care and very professional staff assisting in treatment of these patients.