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Trial reportScientific reports2025

Systemic inflammatory response to cemented and uncemented total hip arthroplasty with PMMA bone cement.

Skender Ukaj, Dren Ukaj, Fatime Dervishaj, Dea Dyla, Ermira Krasniqi, Gazmend Elezi, Rilind Obërtinca, Arben Boshnjaku

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03930537 (DIfference of Femoral Intramedullar Pressure After Implantation of Cemented Versus Non-cemented Femoral Component of Hip Prothesis), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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DIfference of Femoral Intramedullar Pressure After Implantation of Cemented Versus Non-cemented Femoral Component of Hip Prothesis

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity Clinical Centre of KosovaRan2019 to 2019Enrolled60ConditionsArthroplasty ComplicationsArmsHip replacement
3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Skender UkajFaculty of Medicine, University "Fehmi Agani" in Gjakova, Ismail Qemali n.n, 50000, Gjakova, Kosovo.
Dren UkajClinic of Orthopedics, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Lagjia e Spitalit, 10000, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Fatime DervishajNational Institute of Public Health of Kosovo, Lagjia e Spitalit, 10000, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Dea DylaFaculty of Medicine, University "Fehmi Agani" in Gjakova, Ismail Qemali n.n, 50000, Gjakova, Kosovo.
Ermira KrasniqiNutritional and Sport Sciences (PhaNuSpo), Vienna Doctoral School of Pharmaceutical, University of Vienna, Josef‑Holaubek‑Platz 2, Vienna, 1090, Austria.
Gazmend EleziDepartment of Orthopaedics, General Hospital Kumanovo, 11-ti Oktomvri b.b, Kumanovo, 1300, North, Macedonia.
Rilind ObërtincaFaculty of Medicine, University "Fehmi Agani" in Gjakova, Ismail Qemali n.n, 50000, Gjakova, Kosovo.
Arben BoshnjakuFaculty of Medicine, University "Fehmi Agani" in Gjakova, Ismail Qemali n.n, 50000, Gjakova, Kosovo. arben.boshnjaku@uni-gjk.org.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement is a commonly used material in total hip arthroplasty (THA) intervention procedures due to its ability to provide mechanical stability. However, as any other external material implanted in the organism, it imposes certain risks for potentially provoking inflammatory and acute allergic reaction. This study aimed to investigate the organism's systemic inflammatory response in patients undergoing cemented versus uncemented THA. This prospective study included 58 patients aged 72.9 ± 8.8 years (37 females) undergoing primary THA. Participants received either cemented or uncemented femoral stems based on preoperatively established clinical criteria. Serum levels of histamine, CRP, ESR, IL-6, and TNF-α were assessed at two time points: preoperatively and 24 h postoperatively. Postoperative levels of all inflammatory biomarkers increased significantly compared to the baseline assessments (p < 0.001). Patients receiving PMMA bone cemented implantations showed significantly higher levels of histamine and TNF-α (p < 0.001), IL-6, CRP (p = 0.001) and ESR (p = 0.002) compared to the uncemented group. The increase was more pronounced in biological females for IL-6, ESR and CRP. Cemented THA using PMMA bone cement implantation is associated with a stronger systemic inflammatory response compared to uncemented procedures, particularly among female patients. These findings underscore the importance of considering biomaterial-induced inflammation in both surgical planning and postoperative monitoring. Further large-scale, longitudinal studies should follow to evaluate the clinical significance of these immunological changes.Trial is registered at the ClinicalTrials.gov (29/04/2019; ID: NCT03930537) while being part of a series of investigations on the implantation of hip prosthesis encompassing the PhD of Dr. Skender Ukaj.

Indexed as

Arthroplasty, Replacement, HipBone CementsInflammationPolymethyl MethacrylateSystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersFemaleHip ProsthesisHistamineHumansInterleukin-6MaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesBiomarkersBone CementsHistamineInterleukin-6Polymethyl MethacrylateTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaBiomarkersCRP.ESRHistamineIL-6InflammationTNF-α

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PMCPMC12635204

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