Histological and ultrastructural degenerative findings in the gluteus medius tendon after hip arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite gluteus medius (GMED) tendinosis being relatively common, its presence in association with hip osteoarthritis (OA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA) is not well studied. It was hypothesized that more tendon degeneration would be found in patients with OA of the hip and in those that had undergone THA than that in a control group.

Methods

One hundred patients were included between 2016 and 2019 and were included into 4 groups; the patients were undergoing revision surgery in two groups and primary THA in the other two groups; 22 patients had previously undergone primary THA through a direct lateral approach (involving sectioning of the GMED tendon), 24 patients had previously undergone primary THA through a posterior approach (leaving the GMED tendon intact),

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8152320 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature