Open AccessHas the Use of Fixation Techniques in THA Changed in This Decade? The Uncemented Paradox Revisited
Author(s) -
Kristine Ifigenia Bunyoz,
Erik Malchau,
Henrik Malchau,
Anders Troelsen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001117
Subject(s) - medicine , fixation (population genetics) , arthroplasty , implant , demography , surgery , population , environmental health , sociology
Despite existing studies favoring cemented fixation for patients older than 75 years, a trend toward increased use of uncemented fixation has been described in a 2013 study that used arthroplasty registry data from 2006 to 2010. Updated summarized data are needed beyond 2010 to investigate contemporary trends in the usage of uncemented fixation, especially in patients older than 75 years, and to draw attention to a potential continuing conflict between trends in fixation choice and reported revision risk. Thus, healthcare policy and practice can change and surgeons can make better implant fixation choices.