Charnley low-friction arthroplasty with an autograft of the femoral head for developmental dysplasia of the hipTHE 10- TO 15-YEAR RESULTSP. Bobak, MD, Senior Clinical Fellow; B. M. Wroblewski, FRCS, Professor of Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon; P. D. Siney, BA, Senior Research Fellow; and P. A. Fleming, Research AssistantThe John Charnley Research Institute, Wrightington Hospital, Hall Lane, Appley Bridge, Wigan WN6 9EP, UK. R. Hall, PhD, Lecturer in Orthopaedic Biomechanics Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St James’s University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK. Correspondence should be sent to Professor B. M. Wroblewski. Between 1983 and 1988 we carried out 45 Charnley low-friction arthroplasties with autografts from the femoral head in 41 patients for developmental dysplasia of the hip. The preoperative radiographs were assessed for the severity of DDH according to the classifications of Crowe et al, Hartofilakidis et al and Sharp. The postoperative and follow-up radiographs were analysed for coverage of the socket by the graft, for loosening and for the outcome of the fixation of the bone graft. Two patients died (two hips) at four and seven years after THR from causes unrelated to the surgery and were excluded from the final radiological analysis. The mean age of the patients at the time of operation was 46 years 3 months. The autograft of the femoral head covered a mean 26% (16 to 35) of the acetabular component. All the grafts united. Some degree of resorption of the bone graft occurred in 27 patients, and always involved the lateral part of the graft, which was beyond the margin of the socket. After a mean follow-up of 11 years there had been no revisions and 38 patients had no pain or only slight discomfort. One socket migrated and four others were fully demarcated. Our findings indicate that the Charnley LFA with an autograft of the femoral head for DDH remains successful at a follow-up of 15 years. This article has been cited by other articles:
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