Abstrakt
Since, the mid 1960s, the implantation of the arthroplasty has become the most popular orthopaedic operation and is one of the most successful therapeutical procedures performed by orthopaedic surgeons. Short-term success of the joint-replacement procedure produces excellent results.
Patients once suffering from heavy pain, limping, markedly limited at work, social and sexual activities are suddenly completely cured. It is definitely not correct to underestimate the great effects of this procedure which, is a radical intervention into an organism.
Almost 10% of the implanted joint replacements become complicated during its functioning. Most often, it is an aseptic loosening.
Infectious complications are less frequent but far more devastating (Trampuz 2005).