Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: Arthroplasty - Hip
Abstract number: 25178
MID-TERM RESULTS OF BHR RESURFACING HIP REPLACEMENTS - SINGLE
SURGEON SERIES
Shanmugasundaram RAJKUMAR, Shawn TAVARES
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading (UNITED KINGDOM)
Introduction: We report our mid term results of BHR resurfacing hip replacements
followed up from 2002 till 2009 (single surgeon series). Method and materials:152
Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) replacements were performed on 137 pts (15
were bilateral). The mean age at surgery was 54.47 months (range: 32 - 75 months).
There were 97 males and 55 females and the right side was affected in 71 patients
and left side in 81 patients. The mean follow-up period was 53.49 months (range: 15
- 89 months). The reason for surgery was as follows: OA -133, SUFE - 6, DDH -7,
AVN -3, PTOA - 1. 5 patients had DEXA scans to rule out osteoporosis and 1 had
bone scan.Results:7 patients had Hardinge approach, rest had posterior approach.
The patients were followed up with Oxford Hip Scores and radiological assessment.
The mean pre-op OHS was 38.48 (range: 23 - 50), that improved to a mean post-op
OHS of 16.20 (range: 12 - 40) (p