TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY IN DIABETES MELLITUS

An analysis on prospective data collected on our hip database was carried out on all patients undergoing primary cemented unilateral total hip arthroplasty in the last 5 years comparing the short term outcomes between diabetics and non-diabetics. There were 1220 non-diabetics and 77 diabetics identified from the database with at least 3 years follow up. (average 3.6 years). We found no significant difference with respect to age, sex and diagnosis between the 2 groups. Diabetics did have a significantly higher BMI (30.2 versus 27.7, p