Re- Revision Right Total Hip Replacement

Publish Date: May 2, 2014

55 yrs old lady presented to us with complains of pain around right hip with difficulty in walking. She is a operated case of bilateral Total Hip Replacement done elsewhere for avascular necrosis of hip. Right hip replacement was done in year 1990 and its revision was done in Nov. 2003 for aseptic loosening.
Now she has undergone re- revision Total hip replacement for right hip. Intraoperatively cup found to be loose with defect in the acetabulum. Acetabulum reconstruction has been done using bone bank allograft and trabecular metal shell with cemented cup. Now patient has been discharged and she is walking comfortably and pain free.

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