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Unsatisfactory results with a ceramic total hip prosthesis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2355027     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We reviewed the results of forty-two total hip replacements that had been done with the self-locking Autophor ceramic total hip prosthesis in thirty-four patients. The patients ranged in age from twenty-five to sixty-seven years (average, forty-eight years). The diagnoses were avascular necrosis (eight patients), degenerative arthritis (nineteen patients), ankylosing spondylitis (one patient), post-traumatic arthritis (two patients), and rheumatoid arthritis (four patients). Seven procedures were revisions: five, of a loose cemented total hip prosthesis and two, of a loose noncemented endoprosthesis. No revision was done for infection. The length of follow-up ranged from twenty-seven to sixty-six months (average, fifty-one months). The patients were evaluated by physical examination, serial radiographs, and questionnaires. The hips were rated with the modified Harris hip score. At the time of follow-up, eleven of the twenty-seven patients who had had a primary hip replacement complained of at least moderate pain that limited activities; however, only three patients had to have a revision. The femoral components had a notable tendency to subside more than five millimeters, and in fifteen hips there was radiographic evidence of progressive loosening. Our experience with the self-locking Autophor ceramic total hip prosthesis has been disappointing. We no longer use it.
Authors:
O M Mahoney; J H Dimon
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume     Volume:  72     ISSN:  0021-9355     ISO Abbreviation:  J Bone Joint Surg Am     Publication Date:  1990 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1990-07-25     Completed Date:  1990-07-25     Revised Date:  2010-10-25    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0014030     Medline TA:  J Bone Joint Surg Am     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  663-71     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia 30367.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Ceramics*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hip Joint / pathology,  radiography
Hip Prosthesis* / adverse effects
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pain / etiology
Postoperative Complications*
Prosthesis Failure
Reoperation
Stress, Mechanical
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Ceramics
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1991 Aug;73(7):1112   [PMID:  1874779 ]

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