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ArticleJournal of materials science. Materials in medicine2018

Implant failure in bilateral metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasties: a clinical and pathological study.

Yoshinubo Uchihara, George Grammatopoulos, Mitsuru Munemoto, Gulraj Matharu, Yusuke Inagaki, Hemant Pandit, Yasuhito Tanaka, Nick A Athanasou

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Article in Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yoshinubo UchiharaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Shijocho 840, Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan.
George GrammatopoulosNuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7HE, UK. george.grammatopoulos@ndorms.ox.ac.uk.
Mitsuru MunemotoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Shijocho 840, Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan.
Gulraj MatharuNuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7HE, UK.
Yusuke InagakiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Shijocho 840, Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan.
Hemant PanditNuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7HE, UK.
Yasuhito TanakaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Shijocho 840, Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan.
Nick A AthanasouNuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7HE, UK. nick.athanasou@ndorms.ox.ac.uk.
Nara Medical University · JPUniversity of Oxford · GBNuffield Orthopaedic Centre · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasties (MoMHRAs) have a high failure rate due to pseudotumour formation. It is not certain whether pseudotumours in bilateral MoMHRAs form on the basis of an adverse reaction to metal debris (ARMD) that is entirely due to a local innate and adaptive immune response to Cobalt-Chrome (Co-Cr) wear particles. To determine if there is a systemic component to ARMD in bilateral MoMHRAs, we examined the histology of ARMD in unilateral and bilateral MoMHRAs revised for pseudotumour and determined whether implant survival differed between these two groups. Periprosthetic tissue specimens from 119 hips revised for pseudotumour were examined. These were derived from 109 patients including 10 patients with bilateral MoMHRAs and 99 with sunilateral MoMHRAs including a cohort of 20 patients with bilateral MoMHRAs that had undergone only one MoMHRA revision for pseudotumour. The mean time to revision for pseudotumour of unilateral and bilateral MoMHRAs was determined. The histology of periprosthetic tissue was examined for evidence of the innate and adaptive immune response and scored semi-quantitatively. There was no significant difference in histological features of the innate / adaptive response between Group 1 bilateral pseudotumours and Group 2 and Group 3 unilateral pseudotumours. Histological features, including ALVAL scores, were similar in the periprosthetic tissues of right and left hips in Group 1 bilateral MoMHRAs. The mean time to first revision for pseudotumour of bilateral MoMHRAs (6.59 years) was not decreased compared with unilateral MoMHRAs (5.66 years) or bilateral MoMHRAs that had only one revision (7.05 years). Right and left hip pseudotumours in bilateral MoMHRAs exhibit similar histological features of the innate and adaptive immune response. Mean implant survival is not decreased in bilateral compared with unilateral MoMHRA cases. The findings suggest that pseudotumour formation is due more to a local than a systemic innate /adaptive immune response to components of metal wear.

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Equipment Failure AnalysisAdaptive ImmunityAdultAgedArthroplasty, Replacement, HipFemaleGranuloma, Plasma CellHip ProsthesisHumansImmunity, InnateMaleMetal-on-Metal Joint ProsthesesMiddle AgedProsthesis DesignProsthesis FailureReoperation

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PMID29516273
PMCPMC5842269
OpenAlexW2793772489

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