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Single Stage Bilateral Total Hip Replacement: Is It An Option Or A Risk?, S. A. Quadri, Rizwan Haroon Rashid, Akbar Jaleel Zubairi, Masood Umer, Pervaiz Hashmi
Single Stage Bilateral Total Hip Replacement: Is It An Option Or A Risk?, S. A. Quadri, Rizwan Haroon Rashid, Akbar Jaleel Zubairi, Masood Umer, Pervaiz Hashmi
Department of Surgery
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate safety and feasibility of two-stage total hip arthroplasty and to compare it with single-stage procedure.
METHODS:
The retrospective study was conducted at The Aga Khan University Hospital and comprised all cases of total hip replacements between January 2001 and December 2014 that were retrieved from the database using International Classification of Diseases (9th Revision) coding. A standardised questionnaire was completed, including patient demographics, primary diagnosis, peri and postoperative morbidity and mortality. Differences among patients\' data were analysed using chi square test for dichotomous variables and student t-test for continuous variables.
RESULTS:
Of the 48 cases, 34(71%) …