Case report: THR (total hip replacement) for primary ankylosing spondylitis (as) hip in young age

Abstract

In systemic inflammatory arthropathies, Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a major disease whose pathogenesis is not understood completely, but positive involvement of HLA-B27 markers is observed. It effects, hip in 30-50% patients with systemic inflammatory arthropathies. Primary THA (total hip arthroplasty) has shown long-term betterment of hip function in patients with AS (ankylosing spondylitis).