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Total hip replacement after intertrochanteric osteotomy

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From 1980 to 1993 we inserted 216 total prostheses into hips which had been treated by varus and valgus-extension intertrochanteric osteotomy. The technique of the operation was more difficult than in hips operated on for the first time because of anatomical changes produced by the osteotomy in the surrounding structures. We have had complications which taught us how to prevent and deal with these problems.

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Au cours de ces dernières 14 années (1980–1993) nous avons mis en place 216 prothèses de hanche chez des patients antérieurement opérés par ostéotomie fémorale intertrochantérienne de valgisation-extension ou de varisation. Dans ces cas la réalisation de l'opération a été beaucoup plus difficile que sur les hanches vierges, parce que l'ostéotomie avait entraîné la modification de plusieurs structures anatomiques (os, tendons, muscles, nerfs, vaisseaux). Nous avons eu en effet un certain nombre de complications qui nous ont montré comment faire face aux dangers que l'on peut rencontrer pendant l'opération, à titre préventif ou curatif. Naturellement les précautions à prendre sont différentes selon le type d'ostéotomie préalablement réalisée (varisation ou valgisation-extension).

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Gerundini, M., Avai, A. & Taglioretti, J. Total hip replacement after intertrochanteric osteotomy. International Orthopaedics 19, 84–85 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00179965

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