Clinical Study of Total Hip Replacement in Protrusio Acetabuli of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Abstract

Homologous or autogenous bone grafts were need to reinforce the medial acetabular wall when a total hip replacement was performed in 18 joints of 13 RA patients with painful protrusio acetabuli.
There was an average follow-up period of 2 years, 9 months, with a range of 6 months to 12 years. The results date of this short follow-up study suggest that bone grafting might be a reliable procedure to supplement THR for protrusio acetabuli to date.