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The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 100-B, Issue 6 | Pages 733 - 739
1 Jun 2018
DeDeugd CM Perry KI Trousdale WH Taunton MJ Lewallen DG Abdel MP

Aims

The aims of this study were to determine the clinical and radiographic outcomes, implant survivorship, and complications of patients with a history of poliomyelitis undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) in affected limbs and unaffected limbs of this same population.

Patients and Methods

A retrospective review identified 51 patients (27 male and 24 female, 59 hips) with a mean age of 66 years (38 to 88) and with the history of poliomyelitis who underwent THA for degenerative arthritis between 1970 and 2012. Immigrant status, clinical outcomes, radiographic results, implant survival, and complications were recorded.