Bone remodelling after total hip arthroplasty with a short femoral stem

• Conditions: TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT; M16; Coxarthrosis [arthrosis of hip]

• Registration Number: DRKS00017076
• Lead Sponsor: Ordensklinikum der barmherzigen Schwestern Linz

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2018-11-01
• Study Start: 2019-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 46

Inclusion Criteria

All patients had primary osteoarthritis or avascular femoral head necrosis requiring THA. None had previous surgeries of the affected hip. All patients underwent primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a cement-less, short-stem design implant and a cement-less press-fit cup for osteoarthritis of avascular necrosis at our institution and had a minimum follow-up of 2 years.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria were also arthroplasties in other joints in the lower limbs (total or unicompartmental knee, ankle), rheumatoid diseases, osteoporosis, malignant tumors, neurological diseases, bilateral THA or patients unable to participate in the study due to impaired health. Furthermore, we excluded patients who were not willing to participate in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
THA (total hip arthroplasty) subsidence <br>signs of loosening around stem/cup <br>periostal reaction around stem/cup<br>heterotopic ossification.<br>All patients had radiological and clinical evaluation pre-operatively, within the first-postoperative week as well as 3, 12 and 24 months after index-surgery.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
clinical Outcome