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17957068

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
We matched 78 patients with a loose cemented Charnley Elite Plus total hip replacement (THR) by age, gender, race, prosthesis and time from surgery with 49 patients with a well-fixed stable hip replacement, to determine if poor bone quality predisposes to loosening. Clinical, radiological, biomechanical and bone mineral density indicators of bone quality were assessed. Patients with loose replacements had more pain, were more likely to have presented with atrophic arthritis and to have a history of fragility fracture, narrower femoral cortices and lower peri-prosthetic or lumbar spine bone mineral density (all t-test, p < 0.01). They also tended to be smokers (chi-squared test, p = 0.08). Vitamin-D deficiency was common, but not significantly different between the two groups (t-test, p = 0.31) In this series of cemented hip replacements performed between 1994 and 1998, aseptic loosening was associated with poor bone quality. Patients with a THR should be screened for osteoporosis and have regular radiological surveillance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0301-620X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1303-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Does bone quality predict loosening of cemented total hip replacements?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedics, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK. mfnixon@gmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Multicenter Study