Hip resurfacing in a district general hospital: 6-year clinical results using the ReCap hip resurfacing system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of our study was to prospectively report the clinical results of 280 consecutive hips (240 patients) who received a ReCap Hip Resurfacing System implant (Biomet Inc., Warsaw, USA) in a single district general hospital. Literature reports a large variation in clinical results between different resurfacing designs and published results using this particular design are scarce.

Methods

Mean follow up was 3.3 years (1.0 to 6.3) and four patients were lost to follow-up. All patients were diagnosed with end-stage hip osteoarthritis, their mean age was 54 years and 76.4% of all patients were male.

Results

There were 16 revisions and four patients reported a Harris Hip Score <70 points at their latest follow up. There were no pending revisions. Kaplan-Me

SUBMITTER: van der Weegen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3529103 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature