Thirty five years survival of a judget hip prosthesis

ABSTRACT

Hip reconstruction and hip replacement are comparatively a recent innovation in the history of orthopaedics. Resection with false or pseudo joint was already pioneered by Schmaltz [1817] Anthony white [1821] Pock [1861] Blenke [1899] and Girdlestone [1945]. During the process of evolution resection and replacement of femoral head continued in this century. One such prosthesis made entirely of PMA [polymethylmethacrylate] was used by Judet Brothers in 1946-47. The early implants broke very often and were replaced by a steel rod