Clinical Follow-up of Hip Arthroplasty: A Cross-section and Longitudinal Study

Clinical Follow-up of Hip Arthroplasty: A Cross-section and Longitudinal Study

This longitudinal follow-up study aims to analyze how surgical and patient characteristics affect clinical outcomes in the subjects received total hip arthroplasty (THA) or hemiarthroplasty (HA).

Clinical assessments in this research include visual analogue scale (VAS), Harris Hip Score (HHS), Oxford Hip Score (OHS), forgotten joint score (FJS-12) and X-ray imaging applied to examine the stability of implants. Through analyzing surgical information, functional measures and self-reported questionnaires, this study intends to gain insights into the correlations between various clinical aspects.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. 20 years old at least.
2. Osteoarthritis (OA)
3. Avascular necrosis
4. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
5. Previous failure of hemiarthroplasty
6. Femoral head or neck or trochanteric fractures
7. Developmental dysplasia of the hip

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Being unable or unwilling to participate in
2. Subjects having cognitive impairment cannot fill out survey
3. Other complication causing severe deficiency in function and motion