Highly porous acetabular components are widely used in revision hip surgery. The purpose of this study is to compare the mid-term survivorship, clinical and radiological outcomes of a hemispherical cup (Stryker Tritanium Revision component) and a peripherally expanded cup (Zimmer TM modular component) in revision hip surgery. Between 2010 and 2017, 30 patients underwent revision hip replacement using a hemispherical cup and 54 patients using a peripherally expanded cup. The surgery was carried out by two arthroplasty surgeons, both fellowship-trained in revision hip surgery. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to determine the survivorship of the components. Clinical outcomes were measured using the Oxford Hip Score. Radiographs were analysed for the presence of radiolucent lines in the DeLee and Charnley zones.Background
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All Polyethylene Tibial components in Total Knee Arthroplasty have been in use for some years, studies showing equivalent results to Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) with metal-backed Tibial components at 10 years have shown no significant difference between the two on radiostereometric analysis and revision rates[1]. Post operative patient outcome data using standard metal-backed Tibial components is widely reported in the literature. This study is looking at patient outcomes following All-polyethylene tibial component TKA. We hypothesize that using standard patient outcome measures, an improvement comparable with that expected for metal-backed tibial component TKA will be shown with All-polyethylene tibial component TKA. Between August 2006 and August 2008, 229 all-polyethylene tibial component TKA were implanted at the elective orthopedic unit. The choice of implant was entirely dependent on surgeon's preference. Of the 229 patient's, 225 details were available for review, 27 did not wish to take part in the study and 1 patient died a year following surgery of an unrelated illness. The remaining 197 patients agreed to take part in the study. The patient's were contacted either in person or over the telephone and asked to completed questionnaires for standard knee scoring. These included: the Oxford Knee Score (OKS), the WOMAC Score and the SF-12 Score, both pre-operatively and post operatively.Objectives
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