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Harlan C. Amstutz, M.D

Number of hips implanted by 10/16/07: 1134

Number of patients: 943 (191 bilateral)

Male / Female ratio: 75% / 25%

Average age: 50.3 years (range, 14 to 83)

%	Count	Etiology
70.8%	803	OSTEOARTHRITIS
1.1%	13	INFLAMMATORY OSTEOARTHRITIS
6.4%	73	OSTEONECROSIS
5.3%	60	TRAUMA
10.3%	117	DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPLASIA OF THE HIP
0.4%	4	EPIPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA
1.9%	21	LEGG-CALVE-PERTHES DISEASE
1.5%	17	SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS
0.5%	6	ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
0.4%	4	JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
0.7%	8	RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
0.2%	2	RHEUMATOID DISEASE
0.1%	1	MELORHEOSTOSIS
0.2%	2	OSTEOPETROSIS
0.1%	1	ARTHROKATADYSIS
0.2%	2	PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR SYNOVITIS

4.8% had a previous hip surgery before Metal on Metal Surface Arthroplasty
Professional fields

Administration	2.3%
Arts/Entertainment	4.3%
Construction	12.0%
Education	11.2%
Finance	5.2%
Fire personnel	2.0%
Fitness related	3.4%
Food/beverage industry	2.9%
Homemakers	5.2%
Information Technology	3.2%
Law	4.6%
Law enforcement	4.6%
Medical	7.4%
Other	6.0%
Real Estate personnel	4.9%
Sales/business	14.6%
Transportation	6.3%
Retired	7.2%

92% of the patients are followed by Dr. Amstutz himself either:

- At the Joint Replacement Institute

- In one of our outside clinics held annually across the country.

JRI is an outpatient clinic of St. Vincent Medical Center, a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence.

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