Immediate Weightbearing After Uncemented Total Hip Arthroplasty
- 1 April 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
- Vol. 349 (349) , 156-162
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003086-199804000-00019
Abstract
Radiographic subsidence of the femoral prosthesis and clinical results after unilateral and simultaneous bilateral uncemented total hip arthroplasty were compared. Patients who had bilateral total hip arthroplasty began weightbearing as tolerated on both lower extremities the day after surgery. Patients who had undergone unilateral total hip arthroplasty were maintained at 10% weightbearing on the operative limb for 6 weeks after surgery. Patients in both groups were matched for age, gender, and weight. Minimal followup was 2 years. There was no difference between the two groups in terms of clinical results. Radiographic assessments were performed immediately after surgery, 6 weeks after surgery, and again at 2 years after surgery. Radiographs were reviewed by a single observer and analyzed with a digitized data recorder. Increased subsidence of the femoral prosthesis within the bilateral group was found at 6 weeks. The mean subsidence of the femoral prosthesis at 6 weeks for the bilateral total hip arthroplasty group was 0.86 mm (range, 0.18-2.60 mm) and for the unilateral group was 0.39 mm (range, 0.07-1.46 mm). However, subsidence occurring between 6 weeks and 2 years averaged 0.50 mm (range, 0.09-1.10 mm) for the bilateral group and 0.54 mm(range, 0.03-0.99 mm) for the unilateral group. This difference was not significant. At the 2-year followup, all femoral prostheses in both groups appeared radiographically stable with evidence of bone ingrowth and no indications of loosening. Thus, immediate weightbearing after bilateral total hip arthroplasty in this study resulted in more initial subsidence (during the first 6 weeks after surgery) of the femoral prosthesis but did not preclude the prosthesis from becoming stable and achieving bone ingrowth. Patients in both groups obtained satisfactory clinical results. Because initial stability and bone ingrowth are factors influenced by prosthesis design, the results of this study may not be applicable to all implants.Keywords
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