title: Porous-coated acetabular component. Quantitative assessment of normal radiophosphate uptake as a function of implant age.
abstract: A computer-assisted quantitative analysis was undertaken of normal radiophosphate bone uptake adjacent to the porous-coated acetabular component in asymptomatic patients. Implants ranged from 1.6 to 49 months of age. In 62 hips, it was found that implants newer than 12 months of age had uptakes that were significantly greater than those 12 months or older. Between 12 and 49 months, there was no correlation with age, indicating a stabilization of the remodeling process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosenthall
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ghazal
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010710:Phosphates; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates; D017556:Technetium Compounds; C046451:technetium Tc 99m phosphate; D013667:Technetium