Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Nov 2014
Multicenter StudyHip dislocations after 2,734 elective unilateral fast-track total hip arthroplasties: incidence, circumstances and predisposing factors.
Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. ⋯ Patients ≥75 years and with pharmacologically treated psychiatric disease may be at increased risk of dislocations after fast-track total hip arthroplasty. Further studies including detailed information on patient and prosthesis characteristics, and activity restrictions are needed to reduce the risk of dislocation.