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Minimum ten year results of total hip arthroplasty with the acetabular reinforcement ring in avascular osteonecrosis

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Total hip arthroplasty (THA) still carries a higher failure rate in patients with avascular necrosis of the femoral head (AVN) than in a similar patient population with THA for other reasons. This is particularly true for the acetabular component. One of the major factors accounting for this is the compromised acetabular bone quality with structural defects subsequent to collapsing of the femoral head in high-grade AVN. In this study we implanted an acetabular reinforcement ring with hook (ARRH), which had been used successfully for other indications with acetabular bone stock deficiency, in 32 consecutive THA’s in 29 patients with AVN. Five patients died during the observation period of causes unrelated to the surgery, one patient was lost to follow-up and one patient could not be followed up due to chronic illness, leaving 25 hips (23 patients) with a minimum follow-up of ten years (mean: 11.8; range: 10–15). The mean Merle d’Aubigne score increased significantly from 7.7 preoperatively to 16.6 postoperatively (p < 0.001). One revision was performed for aseptic stem loosening. Of the unrevised hips, one acetabular component was classified as definitively loose. The cumulative 12-year survivorship for THA with ARRH in AVN was 95.2% (confidence interval: 86.1–100%) for both components, 100% for the cup and 95.2% for the stem (86.1–100%).

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Les prothèses totales de hanche posées chez les patients présentant une nécrose avasculaire de la tête fémorale présente un taux d’échec important, en particulier au niveau du composant acétabulaire. On comparera cette population à une population ayant bénéficié d’une prothèse totale de hanche pour les autres étiologies. La raison de ces échecs est la mauvaise qualité de l’os qui présente des défauts structuraux secondaires au collapsus de tête fémorale dans les nécroses de haut grade. C’est pour cette raison que nous avons implanté de façon à renforcer le côté acétabulaire des prothèses avec un implant de type Kerboul chez 29 patients ayant bénéficié de 32 prothèses totales de hanche. 5 patients sont morts durant la période de surveillance de ces prothèses, ceci sans aucune relation avec l’intervention chirurgicale, un patient a été perdu de vue, un patient n’a pu être suivi du fait de pathologies chroniques. Ont été analysé 25 hanches chez 23 patients avec un minimum de suivi de 10 ans, 11,8 ans en moyenne (de 10 à 15 ans). Le score de Merle d’Aubigné moyen s’est amélioré de 7,7 en pré-opératoire à 16,6 en post-opératoire (p < 0,001). Une révision a été réalisée (4%) pour un descellement aseptique de la pièce fémorale. Sur les prothèses non révisées, un composant acétabulaire a été considéré comme définitivement descellé (4,2%). La courbe de survie de ces patients à 12 ans est de 95,2% (intervalle de confiance 86,1% à 100%) pour les deux composants, de 100% pour la cupule et de 95,2% pour la pièce fémorale (86,1 à 100%).

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Koch, P.P., Tannast, M., Fujita, H. et al. Minimum ten year results of total hip arthroplasty with the acetabular reinforcement ring in avascular osteonecrosis. International Orthopaedics (SICO 32, 173–179 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-006-0303-8

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