[Synovial chondromatosis and tuberculosis of the hip coexistence].

This article describes a rare case of primary synovial chondromatosis of the hip associated with active tuberculosis of the hip. Twenty four years old patient underwent total hip replacement at our institution. No reactivation of the infection was detected in the four-years follow-up.

[Total hip replacement for acetabular protrusion in patients with osteoarthritis].

Background: Total hip replacement (THR) is at present an accepted treatment in patients with severe deformity of the hip and acetabular protrusion. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the results of THR in patients suffering from acetabular protrusion, operated from 1991 to 2006 in the Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Department of Poznan University of Medical Sciences.

Material: Material included 36 patients, 34 females and 2 males, on whom 51 THR were performed, lateral approach was used in all cases.