Patients With Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Experience Higher Rates of Prosthetic Dislocation After Total Hip Arthroplasty and Worse Implant Survival at 5 Years.
Harold G MoorePatrick J BurroughsLee E RubinDavid B FrumbergPeter K SculcoJonathan Newman GrauerPublished in: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2022)
Compared with patients without EDS, patients with EDS were found to have a higher rate of perioperative dislocation and markedly lower implant survival at 5 years. These findings are consistent with the increased connective tissue laxity associated with EDS.