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Long-term results of wear of plastic hip prostheses

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The Oscobal-Daubenspeck hip prosthesis was used in 19 hemiarthroplasties and 38 total hip arthroplasties in 1973–1975 and the 10-year experience is presented. Pain recurred some years after the operation. The reason was wear of the high-density polyethylene prosthesis head, most pronounced in the hemiarthroplasties, resulting in wear-debris synovitis, resorption of bone, and mechanical loosening of the prosthesis. This design of prosthesis should not be used.

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Die Oscobal-Daubenspeck-Endoprothese ist in den Jahren 1973–1975 19mal als Hemiprothese und 38mal als Totalprothese eingesetzt worden. Die Erfahrungen nach 10 Jahren werden beschrieben. Einige Jahre nach der Operation kam es zum Wiederauftreten von Schmerzen. Der Grund war der Abrieb am Polyäthylenkopf der Prothese, insbesondere bei der Hemiarthroplastik, was zu einer Fremdkörperreaktion der Synovialis, zu Knochenresorption und mechanischer Lockerung der Prothese führte. Dieser Prothesentyp sollte nicht mehr benutzt werden.

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Hybbinette, C.H. Long-term results of wear of plastic hip prostheses. Arch. Orth. Traum. Surg. 104, 28–30 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00449953

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