Objective: By clinical observation of incidence rates of dislocation, pulmonary emoblism, and deep infection during the earlier period after the primary THA, to approach the reasons and the precautions of these complications for the clinic.Methods: I calculated cumulative incidence rates of dislocation, pulmonary embolism, and deep hip infection during the first six postoperative months of 73 hips in our hospital (1998-2004)Result: Of the patients who had had a primary total hip replacement, 4.1% had a dislocation, 2.7% had a pulmonary embolism, and 0% had a deep infection in the first six postoperative months.Conclusion: Incidence rates I obtained of dislocation, pulmonary embolism, and deep hip infection during the first six postoperative months are consistent with the foreign reports, it has great significance to analyze the reasons and the precautions of these complications for the clinic.
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