Abstract
Scince the development of the replacement of the femoral head by the intramedural type of the prosthesis many articles have been reported, and some long-term reviews have showed that the operation is still reliable and has definite indications. Acording to some of those, the statistical results with the Austin Moore prosthesis were better. So in our applications of the prosthesis, postoperative exercises were started as early as possible.
Conclusively, of our 17 operated cases the earliest walking exercise with walking-aid was carried out on the 6-th day after surgery, and the average duration of bed exercise was 11 days. The obstructions to the post-operative programs were operative or early complications of the surgery, getting worse of hypertension, muscle weakness, postoperative hematoma. In our review, the replacement of the femoral head by the Austin Moore prosthesis without any postoperative complication, seems to be the best way for the earlier rehabilitation.
