[Reaction in bone and cartilage to Judet metal prosthesis over 20 years (author's transl)].
A case in which a vitallium head-prosthesis was implanted 20 years before. Changes in the neck of femur: Vitallium proved even after 20 years very passive. Minor metallosis could be seen only microscopically, no inflammatory or foreign-body reaction, no atrophy but sclerosis of cancellous bone, which is considered to be due to adaptation to changed weightbearing. Losening of the implant caused a kind of "pseudarthrosis" on the surface of the bed, definite secondary changes, in parts osteoarthrotic. The causes of "pseudarthrosis" are discussed.
D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005272:Femur Neck / Q000473:pathology; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000150:complications; D012598:Sclerosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014800:Vitallium
D014800:Vitallium
Knochen-Knorpel-Reaktion nach 20jähriger Einwirkung einer Judet-Ganzmetallprothese.