The Girdlestone procedure (also known as a femoral head ostectomy or Girdlestone resection arthroplasty) is an excision arthroplasty of the hip. The procedure inevitably results in limb shortening.
Indications
- peri-prosthetic infection
- aseptic loosening
- recurrent dislocation
- failed internal fixation of femoral neck fractures 1
History and etymology
The procedure, as developed by British surgeon Gathorne Robert Girdlestone (1881-1950) 3 in 1928, was initially developed as a lifesaving measure to remove disease and devitalised tuberculous hips in the preantibiotic era 2.
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