Total hip replacement Early results and short term complications [a review of 34 cases]

Thirty four total hip replacements were performed at Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, between November, 1986 and September, 1989. Early post-operative complications were sought out by medical records of all cases. Short term result evaluation was made in 26 cases; by personal examination in 10 cases and by questionnaire in 16 cases. The clinical results were excellent in 17 out of 26 cases [65.38%] good in 7 cases [27%], fair in one cases [3%] and poor in one case [3.8%] The complications noted were dislocations in 4 cases [11.7%], wound infection in one case [2.9%], trochanteric non-union in 1 out 3 [33%], myositis ossificans in one case [2.9%] one, clinically manifest deep venous thrombosis in one case [2.9%] and other vascular complications in one case [2.9%]

Intertrochanteric fracture fixation with a dynamic comparession screw,at Shaikh Zayed hospital, Lahore

During a period of three years, nearly all the intertrochanteric fractures of femur, presenting in our hospital were fixed with a Dynamic Compression Screw. Patients were followed up for a period of six months. The average age of patients was sixty years in men and sixty six years in women. Twenty two percent had associated medical problems. Average hospital stay was eight days. Infection rate was two patients [25%] and that of mortality was one percent