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Created page with "<section begin="orthopaedics" />* Osteoarthritis of the hip * Clinical features ** Morning stiffness ** Inguinal pain or pain above greater trochanter *** Can refer to the thigh and knee ** Contractures (reduced ROM) *** First movement affected: internal rotation ** Limp ** Muscle atrophy around hip and thigh ** Limb length difference * Diagnosis ** By conventional x-ray ** AP view and Lauenstein (frog-leg) view x-ray *** Narrow joint line *** Subchondral sclerosis *..."
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** Surgical
** Surgical
*** Only if conservative treatment isn’t sufficient (late stage)
*** Only if conservative treatment isn’t sufficient (late stage)
*** [[Total hip replacement]]
*** Total hip replacement
*** Hip arthroplasty is one of the most successful orthopaedic operations
**** > 90% satisfaction rate
**** 1,5 million procedures every year
*** Can be used in any joint destruction
**** Mostly in osteoarthritis or osteonecrosis of hip joint
**** But contraindicated in case of ongoing local or systemic infection
***** The prosthesis has no blood supply and antibiotics therefore can’t reach it -> provides good base for infection
*** (Partial hip replacement)
**** NOT used in orthopaedics -> only used in treatment of hip fractures
**** Femoral head is replaced with prosthesis
**** Acetabulum is preserved
*** Total hip replacement (THR)
**** Used in orthopaedics
**** Femoral head is replaced with prosthesis
**** Acetabulum is replaced with prosthesis
*** Postoperative <abbr>DVT</abbr> prophylaxis
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[[Category:Orthopaedics]]
[[Category:Orthopaedics]]