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Bone-preserving total hip arthroplasty in avascular necrosis of the hip—a matched-pairs analysis

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Purpose

Short-stem hip arthroplasty has the potential advantage of femoral bone stock preservation, especially in view of the expected revisions in the often relatively young patients. Despite short-stem hip prosthesis are increasingly used for total hip arthroplasty, there are no sufficient mid- and long-term results especially for patients with avascular femoral head osteonecrosis. The present study investigates mid-term functional results as well as the revision rate following implantation of a short-stem prosthesis.

Methods

In the period 06/2005 until 12/2013, a total of 351 short-stem hip prostheses were implanted. The study included 331 complete data sets. A retrospective analysis was performed using the Oxford Hip Score. All revisions were registered.

Results

In a total of 331 prostheses, the Oxford Hip Score was “excellent” in 66.2%, “good” in 12.7%, “fair” in 13.0%, and “poor” in 8.2% with a mean follow-up of 57.4 months (SD ± 29.8; range 24–115). In 26 cases, aseptic osteonecrosis of the hip was the indication (7.9%). The Oxford Hip Score was “excellent” in 66.7%, “good” in 0.0%, “fair” in 20.8%, and “poor" in 12.5%. The cumulated five year survival rate was 96.7%.

Conclusion

In mid-term observation, the Metha® short-stem prosthesis shows no disadvantage in functional outcome and in survival time compared to a standard hip stem. Providing a correct indication, the Metha® short stem is a valuable option in total hip arthroplasty for younger patients with avascular osteonecrosis of the femoral head. Evaluation has shown no significant differences between aseptic osteonecrosis and other indications.

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This study was co-financed by the Rudolf und Irmgard Kleinknecht-Foundation, Rottendorfer Str. 3, 97072 Würzburg, Germany.

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  1. Clinic for Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics, BG Klinikum Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Warener Straße 7, Berlin, Germany

    David Merschin

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of the Lower Limb and Arthroplasty, Hospital Rummelsberg, Rummelsberg 71,, Schwarzenbruck, Germany

    Richard Häne & Wolf Drescher

  3. Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Mersedeh Tohidnezhad & Thomas Pufe

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David Merschin, Richard Häne, Thomas Pufe, and Mersedeh Tohidnezhad do not have any conflict of interest. Wolf Drescher works as a consultant for Zimmer Biomet and as an instructor for B. Braun Aesculap.

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Merschin, D., Häne, R., Tohidnezhad, M. et al. Bone-preserving total hip arthroplasty in avascular necrosis of the hip—a matched-pairs analysis. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 42, 1509–1516 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-018-3896-9

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