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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 86-B, Issue SUPP_I | Pages 76 - 76
1 Jan 2004
Field R Rushton N Singh P Krysa J
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Aim: Evaluate a novel horseshoe shaped cup designed by the senior authors to minimise the resection of healthy bone in total hip arthroplasty.

Method: Fifty female patients with a displaced, subcapital, femoral neck fractures were chosen for the study. In half of the group of patients, the composite support shell was coated with HA, with the other half remaining uncoated. Clinical and radiological assessments were undertaken regularly for 5 years.

Results: To date 20 patients have died and 13 have withdrawn from the study due to poor medical health unrelated to the study. Charnley modified Merle d’Aubigne score at 5 years was as good as the preoperative score with 80% of patients having full range of movement, no pain and walking unaided.

Radiographic results showed no evidence of loosening of HA coated cups, in contrast to non HA coated cups which migrated significantly in 80% of cases. Four patients with loose non HA coated cups underwent revision surgery.

Conclusion: It replaces the cartilage and underlying sub-chondral bone of the acetabulum socket with a cup that is designed to flex in harmony with the surrounding bony structure. This trial has demonstrated success at 5 years with the HA coated Cambridge Acetabular Cup. Cups from which HA coating has been removed have migrated significantly in 80% of cases. There is an advantage of the HA fixation which will be taken into account before wider clinical usage is advocated.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 86-B, Issue SUPP_I | Pages 5 - 5
1 Jan 2004
Field R Rushton N Singh P Krysa J
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The novel horseshoe shaped cup was designed by the senior authors to minimise the resection of healthy bone in total hip arthroplasty. It replaces the cartilage and underlying sub-chondral bone of the acetabulum socket with a cup that is designed to flex in harmony with the surrounding bony structure.

Fifty female patients with a displaced, subcapital, femoral neck fractures were chosen for the study. In half of the group of patients, the composite support shell was coated with HA, with the other half remaining uncoated. Clinical and radiological assessments were undertaken regularly for five years.

To date 20 patients have died and 13 have withdrawn from the study due to poor medical health unrelated to the study. Charnley modified Merle d’Aubigne score at five years was as good as the preoperative score with 80% of patients having full range of movement, no pain and walking unaided.

Radiographic results showed no evidence of loosening of HA coated cups, in contrast to non HA coated cups which migrated significantly in 80% of cases. Four patients with loose non HA coated cups underwent revision surgery.

This trial has demonstrated success at 5 years with the HA coated Cambridge Acetabular Cup. Cups from which HA coating has been removed have migrated significantly in 80% of cases. There is an advantage of the HA fixation which will be taken into account before wider clinical usage is advocated.