The Journal of Arthroplasty, POSTER #39| VOLUME 25, ISSUE 3, E84, APRIL 01, 2010

Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty: Infection is the Major Cause of Failure

Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS S. Mehdi Jafari, MD Rijat Chakravarty, BS Catelyn Coyle, BS S.M. Javad Mortazavi, MD Peter F. Sharkey, MD

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Revision total hip arthroplasty (THA), though very successful, can fail in some patients. The etiology of failure after revision THA is not well-delineated. It is not known, for example, if the failures occurring after revision surgery is related to the initial failure or as a result of a new mechanism. The objective of this study was to determine the mechanisms of failure after revision total hip replacement.

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