Medium-term outcome of total hip replacement for dysplastic hips in Singapore.

Purpose: To review medium-term outcomes of 46 patients who underwent total hip replacement (THR) for osteoarthritis secondary to dysplastic hips.

Methods: Records of 58 hips in 6 men and 40 women aged 32 to 76 (mean, 62) years who underwent THR for osteoarthritis secondary to dysplastic hips and had been followed up for a mean of 4 (range, 2-8) years were retrospectively reviewed. The hips were classified according to the Crowe's grading, Sharp's acetabular angle, and centre-edge angle.

Redislocation after treatment of traumatic dislocation of hip in children: a report of two cases and literature review.

From August 1998 to June 2005, we treated five children (age range 2-9 years) with traumatic dislocation of hip. The mean follow-up period was 4.1 years (range 1-8 years).