AIM: Control of the long term results of the Judet-TEP. METHODS: From 1980-1985 124 Pat. have been operated. The follow up was done in the same collective of 83 patients after 2-6 years and > 6 years. RESULTS: The intraoperative complications have been fractures of the femur (19.3%) and the trochanter major (3.6%) and luxation (1.9%). In the follow up time the clinical results declined. The patients complained increasing pain in the thigh (26.5%) and the groin (13.2%). Radiological loosening of the acetabulum occurred especially in the medio-caudal area (61.5%) and in the proximal femur (32.5%). Cranial movement of the cup (31.3%) and varus deviation in the femur (40.9%) predominated. 28 prostheses were revised. After 11 years the cumulative success rate was 55.1%. CONCLUSIONS: The long term results are disappointing.
AIM: Control of the long term results of the Judet-TEP. METHODS: From 1980-1985 124 Pat. have been operated. The follow up was done in the same collective of 83 patients after 2-6 years and > 6 years. RESULTS: The intraoperative complications have been fractures of the femur (19.3%) and the trochanter major (3.6%) and luxation (1.9%). In the follow up time the clinical results declined. The patients complained increasing pain in the thigh (26.5%) and the groin (13.2%). Radiological loosening of the acetabulum occurred especially in the medio-caudal area (61.5%) and in the proximal femur (32.5%). Cranial movement of the cup (31.3%) and varus deviation in the femur (40.9%) predominated. 28 prostheses were revised. After 11 years the cumulative success rate was 55.1%. CONCLUSIONS: The long term results are disappointing.