ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the feasibility,operation design and postoperative rehabilitation in ankylosing spondylitis patients with bilateral hips and knees bony ankylosis,who were operated on the 4 joints during one hospitalization period. Method Two operations were performed in one hospitalization period in three ankylosing spondylitis patients on the 2 hip joints and 2 knee joints respectively.One case,the left hip replacement was operated in the first operation,and the right hip and the double knees were operated in the second operation;the other two cases,unilateral hip and knee were operated in two operations respectively.Patients began to contract their lower limbs’ muscles initiatively after narcosis.The limbs were put on the CPM,the hips and knees were bent and extended repeatedly on the third day after operations.The patients began to leave bed and learned to walk 2 weeks after operations.They could walk 100 steps with aids when they leaft hospital. Result In six-month follow-up,the range of hip motion(degree)were 105?~145?(average 135?);the range of knee motion(degree)was 45?~60?(average 54?).The hip’ function score adopted Harris score system:the average of 83 and were all good;the knee’ function score adopted American Association of Knee Surgery score system in 1989:all were excellent except a good one(left knee of first case,the score was 74/75). Conclusion Performing operations on the 2 bony ankylosis hips and 2 bony ankylosis knees in the ankylosing spondylitis patients in one hospitalization period can shorten the treatment cycle,release the distress,and lighten the economic load,meanwhile it is convenient for operation and postoperative rehabilitation.It is better to do the unilateral hip and knee in a single operation.