Long-Term Results of Total Hip Replacement in Young Patients Who Had Ankylosing Spondylitis. Eighteen to Thirty-Year Results with Survivorship Analysis*

Abstract

We determined the long-term results of total hip replacement in a series of young patients who had ankylosing spondylitis. Between 1966 and 1978, forty-three Charnley low-friction arthroplasties were performed in twenty-four patients who had an average age of 28.8 years (range, nineteen to thirty-ni