The present study analyses the long-term outcome of isoelastic hip prostheses and their influence on the extent of periprosthetic bone remodeling. Ninety-two patients (102 hips) with Isoelastic/Isotitan uncemented total hip arthroplasty were evaluated after an average of 13.4 years. The average age of patients at surgery was 42.5 years. The clinical outcome was assessed based on the Harris hip ...

We followed the first 354 consecutive implantations of a cementless, double-tapered straight femoral stem in 326 patients. Follow-up was at a mean of 12 years (10 to 15). The mean age of the patients was 57 years (13 to 81). At follow-up, 56 patients (59 hips) had died, and eight (eight hips) had been lost to follow-up. Twenty-five hips underwent femoral revision, eight for infection, three for...

We have reviewed 25 cases of focal femoral osteolysis in radiographically stable, cemented femoral implants. In three hips retrieved at post-mortem from two patients, we have been able to make a detailed biomechanical and histological analysis. The interval between arthroplasty and the appearance of focal osteolysis on clinical radiographs ranged from 40 to 168 months, and in over 70% of the ca...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hydroxyapatite has been used for a long time as an adjunct to enhance cementless fixation. The benefit of this is still debated, but new methods of hydroxyapatite deposition have emerged, offering possible gains. In order to investigate this further, we compared the migration pattern and periprosthetic bone remodeling in a cementless femoral stem with either electrochemic...

I focus these comments on an issue that is central to Charles Bean’s paper and is accorded substantial weight in the paper by David Gruen and Glenn Stevens: the explanation for and the sustainability of the recent surge in Australian productivity growth. Whereas business sector MFP growth averaged only 0.6 per cent per year over the 1980s, it rose to 1.5 per cent over the period 1992–97 – accor...

The main objective of this study is to design titanium alloy femoral stems with cubic porous structures that will be able reduce stress shielding and promote stem stability. These structure designs were introduced into as homogeneous functionally graded structures. First, the cellular simulated under compressive loading measure yield modulus elasticity for various porosity ranges. Based on sele...

We performed a retrospective analysis of the clinical and radiological outcomes of total hip replacement using an uncemented femoral component proximally coated with hydroxyapatite. Of 136 patients, 118 who had undergone 124 primary total hip replacements were available for study. Their mean age was 66.5 years (19 to 90) and the mean follow-up was 5.6 years (4.25 to 7.25). At the final follow-u...

The present study was performed to test the hypothesis that different bearing materials have an impact on femoral bone remodelling within the first year after a total hip arthroplasty. A total of 225 patients with osteoarthrosis of the hip or avascular necrosis of the femoral head were included in this randomised prospective study. All patients had an identical hybrid total hip arthroplasty (ce...

We describe the survival of 134 consecutive JRI Furlong hydroxyapatite-coated uncemented total hip replacements. The mean follow-up was for 14.2 years (13 to 15). Patients were assessed clinically, using the Merle d'Aubigné and Postel score. Radiographs were evaluated using Gruen zones for the stem and DeLee and Charnley zones for the cup. Signs of subsidence, radiolucent lines, endosteal bone ...