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Long-term outcomes of total hip arthroplasty in patients younger than 55 years: a systematic review of the contemporary literature
Author(s) -
Xin Y. Mei,
Ying Jia Gong,
Oleg Safir,
Allan E. Gross,
Paul R.T. Kuzyk
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
canadian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1488-2310
pISSN - 0008-428X
DOI - 10.1503/cjs.013118
Subject(s) - medicine , total hip arthroplasty , term (time) , systematic review , arthroplasty , surgery , medline , general surgery , political science , law , physics , quantum mechanics
Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is increasingly performed in younger patients despite the lack of comprehensive assessment of long-term outcomes. We systematically reviewed the contemporary literature to assess the 1) indications, 2) implant selection and long-term survivorship, 3) complication and reoperation rates and 4) radiographic and functional outcomes of primary THA in patients younger than 55 years.

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