Living history in current orthopaedic hip surgery : Intrapelvic teflon granuloma after total hip replacement


Published online: Feb 27 2010

Daniel Gheorghiu, Viju Peter, Martin Lynch

From the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust (RLBUHT), Liverpool, U.K.

Abstract

The teflon hip arthroplasty design was used by Sir John Charnley in the early 60's but was taken off the market due to high complication rates. A case is reported of an intrapelvic granuloma after total hip arthroplasty following the use of a teflon socket. This appears to be the last surviving patient treated by Sir John Charnley using a Teflon hip socket design.