[Femorotomy and cleaning for infected hip prostheses: report of 30 cases].

Purpose: We report infected hip prostheses treated by an original technique: frontal femorotomy after trochanterotomy.

Material And Methods: This extensive technique enables perfect cleaning of the femur and truly effective freshening of the endomedullar canal. We report 30 cases operated since 1991 use of femorotomy has been systematic from 1995.