Artroplastia total cementada en enfermedad degenerativa de cadera: Su evaluación clínica

a descriptive, cross-sectional and prospective study was conducted in order to evaluate the clinical evolution of 12 patients operated on due to degenerative joint disease that underwent cemented primary total prosthetic replacement of the hip from january 2004 to december 2006. patients 50 and over were included. for their evaluation it was used the scoring system of mayo clinic created in 1985, which gives a maximum of 80 points. as a result 10 patients were evaluated as good or excellent, accounting for 83.3 %. the average evaluation according to this scale was 68.5 points, with 6 hips over this figure, which represented 50 % of the sample. the social well-being received by the patients that underwent this surgical procedure was proved.