Background The purpose of this study is to determine if patients with osteoarthritis that undergo hip or knee arthroplasty jeopardize their life expectancy in Chile. Methods A survival analysis study was designed ...

Introduction The purpose of this study is to describe the incidence rate (IR) per 100,000 inhabitants of arthroplasty in Chile between 2004 and 2019, emphasizing knee and hip arthroplasty. Methods This is a ...

Objective. The purpose of this series was to determine the frequency of abductor mechanism avulsion by sonography after total hip arthroplasty with the Hardinge approach (J Bone Joint Surg Br 1982; 64:17-19) and its ...

Femoral and acetabular loosening call be attributed different factors, but the Causes and mechanism of early failure are still obscure, The objective of this Study was to investigate the relationship between gene polymorphisms ...

Background: Hip resurfacing arthroplasty has been presented as an alternative for management of symptomatic hip osteoarthritis in young patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip. However, complications such as ...

The risk of thromboembolic events after hip revision arthroplasty might be higher than in primary hip arthroplasty. However, evidence regarding the use of thromboprophylaxis in revisions is scarce. The purpose of this study ...

The aim of the present study was to assess the first experience with outpatient total hip arthroplasty (THA) in a public health environment in Chile. Prospective series of the first 69 patients/72 hips. Surgery was ...

There are many different opinions in the literature regarding the best procedure for revision of infected hip arthroplasty and hence in achieving long-term stabilization of a new implant. Thirty-two patients with 32 loose ...