What is it about?
This case report presents the technical difficulties in performing a hip replacement in a patient with Pyknodysostosis and how to overcome them in order to achieve good long term outcomes for a cemented THR.
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Why is it important?
This is the only case report in literature that outlines a 20 year + follow up of a THR in such a condition.
Perspectives
There are a few learning points in this paper especially with regard to anticipation of problems dealing with a hard brittle bone in performing a THR and how to overcome them with preop and intra op planning.
Dr Farokh Wadia
Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre
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This page is a summary of: Bilateral Charnley Low-Friction Arthroplasty with Cement in a Patient with Pyknodysostosis: A Case Report, JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques, August 2006, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.,
DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.e.00915.
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