Artroplastia total de cadera en paciente con amputación suprageniana ipsilateral. Caso clínico y revisión de la literatura.

Bibliography about the outcomes and the role of total hip arthroplasty surgery in patients with lowerlimb amputation at different levels, is brief. We present our clinical experience of the surgical technique for total hip arthroplasty for advanced hip osteoarthritis, outcomes and postoperative management of a male patient, sixty-eight years old, with ipsilateral supracondylar amputation of the lower extremity, of vascular aetiology. The outcomes of the literature review and our own experience, suggest that total hip arthroplasty in patients with ipsilateral supracondylar or infracondylar amputation of the lower limb, can prevent physical deterioration and obtain the restoration of the functional capability of the articulation of the hip, both in cases of advanced hip osteoarthritis and displaced subcapital femoral head fractures.