Total Hip Arthroplasty in An Orthopedic Institution in Cuba

Abstract

Introduction: Total, hip arthroplasty is a safe and effective procedure. It relieves pain, as well as improves physical health and quality of life in patients undergoing it. Purpose: Study that allows to determine and show some characteristics of patients and the procedure, who underwent total hip arthroplasty in an important specialized institution in Cuba. Design: Retrospective descriptive study with patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty in a hospital specializing in Orthopedics and Traumatology in Cuba; the "Fructuoso Rodríguez" Teaching Orthopedic Hospital, between September 2019 and March 2021. Results: Predominance of the female sex between the ages of 60 and 62 with left laterality. The main preoperative diagnosis was coxarthrosis, the size of the acetabular cup and the head of the femoral component were very similar, with pressure fixation of the acetabular prosthesis. The posterolateral approach was used, in addition to the lateral, anterolateral and anterior approaches. Conclusions: Great similarities were found in relation to the variables age, sex, laterality, size of the acetabular components and femoral head, type of fixation of the acetabular component and number of screws used in it. Only in three used an anterior approach to the hip.