Successful reimplantation surgery after extraction of well-fixed cementless stems by femoral longitudinal split procedure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Well-fixed cementless stems sometimes need to be extracted in patients with complications including periprosthetic infection, stem-neck breakage, or trunnionosis. The purpose of this study was to report the clinical outcome in patients undergoing reimplantation surgery after removal of a well-fixed porous-coated cementless stem by the femoral longitudinal split (FLS) procedure.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study and radiographic review of 16 patients who had undergone reimplantation following the FLS procedure to remove a well-fixed stem due to periprosthetic infection, stem-neck breakage, or trunnionosis. The study group consisted of 2 men and 14 women with an average age of 68.4 years. Mean follow-up was 44.6 months. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to e

SUBMITTER: Nagoya S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7083742 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature