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ABSTRACT: Background
Total hip arthroplasty (THA) performed on patients with Perthes-like deformities are technically challenging because of the patient's abnormal hip anatomy. Patients with Perthes-like deformities are at a higher risk of revision, aseptic loosening, nerve injury, and intraoperative fracture after THA, especially if shortening osteotomies are performed. This analysis sought to examine the clinical and radiographic outcomes of a patient cohort with Perthes-like deformities receiving THA with a conical stem, an elevated hip center, and no shortening femoral osteotomy.Methods
Twenty-six patients (27 hips) received THA with MODULUS femoral stems, ceramic or metal femoral heads, and highly cross-linked polyethylene liners between April 2011 and March 2016. All patients were treated at a single center by 4 participating surgeons. Patients completed 2 questionnaires preoperatively and at the final follow-up visit (between 1 and 5 years postoperatively): Harris Hip Score and Japanese Orthopaedic Association Hip-Disease Evaluation Questionnaire. Differences in patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) scores were measured by paired t-tests. Preoperative and postoperative anteroposterior radiographs were analyzed to monitor patient outcomes.Results
Significant clinical improvements were observed in all individual subcategories of the Harris Hip Score and of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Hip-Disease Evaluation Questionnaire; the largest magnitude improvements were observed in the subcategory of pain relief for both questionnaires. No complications, including intraoperative and postoperative femoral fractures, nerve palsy, dislocations, or deep venous thrombosis, were observed.Conclusion
This study found that patients treated with an elevated hip center and low stem-positioning technique using a conical, modular implant system had good clinical outcomes and did not suffer complications at the mean follow-up from surgery of 2.8 years (range: 1-5 years).
SUBMITTER: Takahashi E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7818598 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arthroplasty today 20201225
<h4>Background</h4>Total hip arthroplasty (THA) performed on patients with Perthes-like deformities are technically challenging because of the patient's abnormal hip anatomy. Patients with Perthes-like deformities are at a higher risk of revision, aseptic loosening, nerve injury, and intraoperative fracture after THA, especially if shortening osteotomies are performed. This analysis sought to examine the clinical and radiographic outcomes of a patient cohort with Perthes-like deformities receivi ...[more]