ArticleInternational orthopaedics2016
Is the use of thin, highly cross-linked polyethylene liners safe in total hip arthroplasty?
Article in International orthopaedics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Safety of using a large femoral head on thin polyethylene for total hip arthroplasty based on different types of polyethylene.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Future Prospects for Clinical Applications of Nanocarbons Focusing on Carbon Nanotubes.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022Article
- Retrieval analysis of ceramic-coated metal-on-polyethylene total hip replacements.International orthopaedics · 2017Article
- Erratum, corrigenda et emendatio or "mistake, correction and amendment".International orthopaedics · 2017Article
- Low failure rate at short term for 40 mm heads and second generation triple annealed HCLPE liners in hybrid hip replacements.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and traumaArticle
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeDue to the high number of total hip arthroplasties (THA) revised due to instability, the use of large femoral heads to reduce instability is justifiable. It is critical to determine whether or not large femoral heads used in conjunction with thin polyethylene liners lead to increased wear rates, which can lead to osteolysis. Therefore, by using validated wear-analysis software, we evaluated linear wear rates in a consecutive cohort of patients who underwent primary THA with thin polyethylene liners.
methodsAll patients were selected from a consecutive, prospectively collected database of 241 THAs performed at a single institution by two fellowship-trained joint-reconstruction surgeons between July 2007 and June 2011. These patients were 1:1 matched to a cohort of patients who had conventional-thickness polyethylene liners.
resultsNo significant differences were observed between linear wear rates of thin or conventional-thickness liners. The Kaplan-Meier survivorship for both cohorts was 100 %, and no cases of polyethylene fracture were observed in either cohort.
conclusionsOur results suggest that according to a mean follow-up of 4 years, the use of thin liners in THA is promising. Longer follow-up is required to assess whether these outcomes are observed later.
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