Highly polished stems with force-closed design have shown satisfactory clinical results despite being related to relatively high early migration. It has been suggested that the minimal thickness of cement mantles surrounding the femoral stem should be 2 mm to 4 mm to avoid aseptic loosening. The line-to-line cementing technique of the femoral stem, designed to achieve stem press-fit, challenges this opinion. We compared the migration of a highly polished stem with force-closed design by standard and line-to-line cementing to investigate whether differences in early migration of the stems occur in a clinical study. In this single-blind, randomized controlled, clinical radiostereometric analysis (RSA) study, the migration pattern of the cemented Corail hip stem was compared between line-to-line and standard cementing in 48 arthroplasties. The primary outcome measure was femoral stem migration in terms of rotation and translation around and along with the X-, Y-, and Z- axes measured using model-based RSA at three, 12, and 24 months. A linear mixed-effects model was used for statistical analysis.Aims
Methods
BoneMaster is a thin electrochemically applied hydroxyapatite (HA) coating for orthopaedic implants that is quickly resorbed during osseointegration. Early stabilization is a surrogacy marker of good survival of femoral stems. The hypothesis of this study was that a BoneMaster coating yields a fast early and lasting fixation of stems. A total of 53 patients were randomized to be treated using Bi-Metric cementless femoral stems with either only a porous titanium plasma-sprayed coating (P group) or a porous titanium plasma-sprayed coating with an additional BoneMaster coating (PBM group). The patients were examined with radiostereometry until five years after surgery.Aims
Methods
The aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate the early migration of the TriFit cementless proximally coated tapered femoral stem using radiostereometric analysis (RSA). A total of 21 patients (eight men and 13 women) undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) for osteoarthritis of the hip were recruited in this study and followed up for two years. Two patients were lost to follow-up. All patients received a TriFit stem and Trinity Cup with a vitamin E-infused highly cross-linked ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene liner. Radiographs for RSA were taken postoperatively and then at three, 12, and 24 months. Oxford Hip Score (OHS), EuroQol five-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D), and adverse events were reported.Aims
Methods
The aim of this study was to determine the stability of a new
short femoral stem compared with a conventional femoral stem in
patients undergoing cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA), in
a prospective randomized controlled trial using radiostereometric
analysis (RSA). A total of 53 patients were randomized to receive cementless
THA with either a short femoral stem (MiniHip, 26 patients, mean
age: 52 years, nine male) or a conventional length femoral stem
(MetaFix, 23 patients, mean age: 53 years, 11 male). All patients
received the same cementless acetabular component. Two-year follow-up
was available on 38 patients. Stability was assessed through migration
and dynamically inducible micromotion. Radiographs for RSA were
taken postoperatively and at three, six, 12, 18, and 24 months.Aims
Patients and Methods
The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of aseptic
loosening after the use of a cemented acetabular component and a
Trabecular Metal (TM) acetabular component (Zimmer Inc., Warsaw,
Indiana) at acetabular revision with bone impaction grafting. A total of 42 patients were included in the study. Patients were
randomised to receive an all- polyethylene cemented acetabular component
(n = 19) or a TM component (n = 23). Radiostereometric analysis
and conventional radiographic examinations were performed regularly
up to two years post-operatively or until further revision.Aims
Patients and Methods
Radiostereometric analysis (RSA) can detect early
micromovement in unstable implant designs which are likely subsequently
to have a high failure rate. In 2010, the Articular Surface Replacement
(ASR) was withdrawn because of a high failure rate. In 19 ASR femoral
components, the mean micromovement over the first two years after implantation
was 0.107 mm ( We conclude that the ASR femoral component achieves initial stability
and that early migration is not the mode of failure for this resurfacing
arthroplasty.
The widely used and well-proven Palacos R (a.k.a. Refobacin Palacos
R) bone cement is no longer commercially available and was superseded
by Refobacin bone cement R and Palacos R + G in 2005. However, the
performance of these newly introduced bone cements have not been
tested in a phased evidence-based manner, including roentgen stereophotogrammetric
analysis (RSA). In this blinded, randomised, clinical RSA study, the migration
of the Stanmore femoral component was compared between Refobacin
bone cement R and Palacos R + G in 62 consecutive total hip arthroplasties.
The primary outcome measure was femoral component migration measured
using RSA and secondary outcomes were Harris hip score (HHS), Hip
disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS), EuroQol 5D (EQ-5D)
and Short Form 36 (SF-36).Aims
Patients and Methods
The Exeter femoral stem is a double-tapered highly
polished collarless cemented implant with good long-term clinical
results. In order to determine why the stem functions well we have
undertaken a long-term radiostereometric analysis (RSA) study. A total of 20 patients undergoing primary Exeter total hip replacement
for osteoarthritis using the Hardinge approach were recruited and
followed with RSA for ten years. The stems progressively subsided
and internally rotated with posterior head migration. The mean subsidence
was 0.7 mm (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.5 to 0.9) at two years
and 1.3 mm (95% CI 1.0 to 1.6) at ten years. The mean posterior
migration of the head was 0.7 mm (95% CI 0.5 to 0.9) at two years
and 1.2 mm (95% CI 1.0 to 1.4) at ten years. There was no significant
cement restrictor migration. The Exeter stem continues to subside slowly into the cement mantle
in the long term. This appears to compress the cement and the cement
bone interface, contributing to secure fixation in the long term. Cite this article:
We performed a three-year radiostereometric analysis (RSA) study of the Elite Plus femoral component on 25 patients undergoing primary total hip replacement. Additional assessments and measurements from standard radiographs were also made. Subsidence of the stem occurred at the cement-stem interface. At 36 months the subsidence of the stem centroid was a mean of 0.30 mm (0.02 to 1.28), and was continuing at a slow rate. At the same time point, internal rotation and posterior migration of the femoral head had ceased. One stem migrated excessively and additional assessments suggested that this was probably due to high patient demand. The failure rate of 4% in our study is consistent with data from arthroplasty registers but contrasts with poor results from another RSA study, and from some clinical studies. We believe that the surgical technique, particularly the use of high-viscosity cement, may have been an important factor contributing to our results.
We performed a randomised, radiostereometric study comparing two different bone cements, one of which has been sparsely clinically documented. Randomisation of 60 total hip replacements (57 patients) into two groups of 30 was undertaken. All the patients were operated on using a cemented Charnley total hip replacement, the only difference between groups being the bone cement used to secure the femoral component. The two cements used were Palamed G and Palacos R with gentamicin. The patients were followed up with repeated clinical and radiostereometric examinations for two years to assess the micromovement of the femoral component and the clinical outcome. The mean subsidence was 0.18 mm and 0.21 mm, and the mean internal rotation was 1.7° and 2.0° at two years for the Palamed G and Palacos R with gentamicin bone cements, respectively. We found no statistically significant differences between the groups. Micromovement occurred between the femoral component and the cement, while the cement mantle was stable inside the bone. The Harris hip score improved from a mean of 38 points (14 to 54) and 36 (10 to 57) pre-operatively to a mean of 92 (77 to 100) and 91 (63 to 100) at two years in the Palamed G and Palacos R groups, respectively. No differences were found between the groups. Both bone cements provided good initial fixation of the femoral component and good clinical results at two years.
