Mid-term wear characteristics of an uncemented acetabular component
- 1 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
- Vol. 87-B (11), 1475-1479
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.87b11.16101
Abstract
We investigated the rate of polyethylene wear of a cementless acetabular component at different periods of follow-up in order to test the hypothesis than an irrecoverable deformation process (creep) was followed by an initially low, but gradually increasing wear rate. We studied prospectively 93 uncemented total hip arthroplasties in 83 patients (mean age 50 years (22 to 63)) with a mean follow-up of 8.2 years (3 to 12). We measured the penetration of the femoral head from radiographs taken immediately after surgery at three, six and nine years, or at the latest follow-up. The median wear rate was 0.17 mm per year in the first three years, a finding which we considered to be caused by creep. Thereafter, the rate of wear declined to 0.07 mm per year (four- to six-year period) and then increased to 0.17 mm per year (seven to nine years) and 0.27 mm per year (more than nine years), which we considered to be a reflection of genuine polyethylene wear. After the nine-year follow-up the wear rates were higher in patients with marked osteolysis. We found no relationship between the inclination angle of the acetabular component or femoral head orientation and the rate of wear. No acetabular component required revision.Keywords
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