Trial of Weight Bearing Status Following Femoral Revision With Tapered, Fluted, Titanium Stems
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Postoperative PainHip Arthroplasty
- Interventions
- Procedure: 6 weeks of toe-touch weight bearing after surgeryProcedure: immediate weight bearing after surgery
- Registration Number
- NCT04592939
- Lead Sponsor
- Rothman Institute Orthopaedics
- Brief Summary
This is a prospective, randomized controlled trial of all patients undergoing femoral revision at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Rothman Institute undergoing femoral revision surgery with the use of a modern titanium, fluted, tapered stem. At the time of surgery, patients will be randomized to six weeks of toe-touch weight bearing or immediate weight bearing as tolerated
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 169
Inclusion Criteria
- femoral revision patients with the use of a modern titanium, fluted, tapered stem.
Exclusion Criteria
- include cemented fixation of the stem and patients with a tenuous acetabular reconstruction for whom the surgeon would like to protect weight bearing
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Group 2: 6 week toe touch weight bearing 6 weeks of toe-touch weight bearing after surgery - Group 1: immediate weight bearing immediate weight bearing after surgery -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Postoperative Complications 1 year radiographic measurements of subsidence of the stem
Return to function 1 year time to return to baseline ambulatory status
Implant survival 1 year re-revision rates within one year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States