Two-stage arthroplasty of the hip using the Ilizarov fixator

Abstract

The work demonstrates the results of treatment of male patient Shch., 69 years old, with the diagnosis: posttraumatic pseudoarthrosis of the left femur neck, the pain syndrome, combined contracture of the hip, relative 7-cm shortening of the left lower limb, local osteoporosis. At the first stage, a device mounted from the Ilizarov fixator parts was applied in order to equalize the limb length using distraction by 2-3 mm per day for 17 days. At the second stage, total hybrid arthroplasty of the left hip was performed using the Ceraver prosthesis 3 days after the Ilizarov fixator dismounting. One year later the achieved anatomic-and-functional result of treatment is preserved.