title: [Metal-metal total prosthesis of the hip joint: back to the future].
abstract: Late loosening in total-hip-replacement is explained by a foreign body reaction of the connective tissue along the bone-implant interface due to polyethylene debris. In contrast, metal-metal-prostheses, implanted in the sixties, may still today work perfectly without any signs of osteolysis along the bone-cement interface, proving, that metal-metal-pairing is superior to prostheses with polyethylene cups and that cement-anchorage may also be adequate for fixation. A new metal-metal-total hip-joint is presented, that has been implanted from 1988-1990 62 times.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädie und Klinik am Rosenberg, St. Gallen/Heiden, Schweiz.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D001843:Bone Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D014025:Titanium
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; C070282:Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy; D014025:Titanium
vernacular_title: Metall-Metall-Totalprothese des Hüftgelenkes: Zurück in die Zukunft.