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Surface Replacement is Comparable to Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty

  • Symposium: Papers Presented at the Hip Society Meetings 2008
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Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Abstract

Conversion of a failed surface hip replacement to a conventional total hip arthroplasty is reportedly a straightforward procedure with excellent results. We compared perioperative parameters, complications, and clinical as well as radiographic outcomes of 39 hemi and total hip resurfacing conversions with conventional THAs. The hips were matched by diagnosis, gender, age, body mass index, preoperative Harris hip score, and followup time to a cohort of primary conventional THAs performed during the same time period by the same surgeon. The mean operative time was longer (by 19 minutes) for the conversions, but other perioperative parameters were similar. At a mean followup of 45 months (range, 24–63 months), the mean Harris hip scores were similar in the two groups (92 points versus 94 points for the conversion and conventional hips, respectively). Thirty-eight of 39 stems were well-aligned and appeared osseointegrated. When a resurfaced hip fails, conversion to conventional THA has similar early clinical and radiographic outcomes to primary conventional THA.

Level of Evidence: Level III, therapeutic (retrospective comparative study). See the Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

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  1. Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, 2401 West Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21215, USA

    Mike S. McGrath MD, David R. Marker BS, Thorsten M. Seyler MD, Slif D. Ulrich MD & Michael A. Mont MD

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One of the authors (MAM) is a consultant for and has received financial support from Stryker Orthopaedics (Mahwah, NJ) and Wright Medical Technology (Arlington, TN). The other authors certify that he or she has no commercial associations (eg, consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article.

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McGrath, M.S., Marker, D.R., Seyler, T.M. et al. Surface Replacement is Comparable to Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res 467, 94–100 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-008-0478-y

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