Dislocations and the Femoral Head Size in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
- 1 December 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
- Vol. 333, 226???233
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003086-199612000-00024
Abstract
The dislocation rate of 3197 Charnley prostheses with 22 mm head in which the surgery was done between 1979 and 1991 in 2 orthopaedic centers was compared with that of 2875 Lubinus prostheses with 32 mm head in which the surgery was done between 1980 to 1991 in 3 other centers. A 1-year followup showed an equal rate of dislocation (2.4% −2.5%) in the 2 groups and included 75% of the 201 dislocated hips. Almost all of the late dislocations occurred with the Charnley prosthesis, resulting in a total dislocation rate of 3.7% compared with 2.9% with the Lubinus prosthesis. Regardless of the type of prosthesis used, there was a higher risk of dislocation in patients with nonhealed hip-fractures and in arthroplasties performed by less experienced surgeons. When these 2 variables were removed, the small femoral head was not associated with an increased risk of dislocation. However, there were 77 of 118 (65%) recurrent dislocations in the Charnley group, compared with 37 of 83 (45%) in the Lubinus group, and the relative risk of a dislocated hip arthroplasty becoming recurrent increased by 2.3 times if the small femoral head was used. The number of reoperations also were doubled in this group. Almost 4 times as many dislocations were documented within 2 weeks after surgery after any type of prosthesis inserted through a posterior approach compared with the transtrochanteric approach, but there was no increase in rate of recurrence or revision.Keywords
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