TY - BOOK AU - Atef Saber Mahmoud Abdelfattah AU - Akram Hassan Abdo Azzam , AU - Fouad Zamel Sadek , TI - Conversion of hip arthrodesis to total joint arthroplasty / PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo : PB - Atef Saber Mahmoud Abdelfattah , KW - Arthrodesis KW - Arthroplasty KW - Hip N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - The management of young adults with severe osteoarthritis of the hip remains a problem because of the increased failure rates of total hip arthroplasty (THA ) as well as the prospect of multiple revisions in this population . Although hip arthodesis is not perceived favorable as an alternative by most orthopaedic surgeons or patients because of the presumption of less than optimal functional outcomes it is a viable technique especially for younger patients with a recent history of local infection and\or trauma UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -