title: [Hydroxyapatite-coated total hip prosthesis. 3d-generation hip prostheses].
abstract: Since 1987, 80 hydroxyapatite-coated (HA) cementless total hip prostheses have been implanted. Thirty patients were examined 21 months post-operatively and the results compared with data for uncoated prosthesis. Earlier mobilisation and freedom from pain, together with evidence of bone ingrowth without connective tissue membrane formation, confirmed the benefits of HA-coated prostheses.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Abteilung, Kantonalen Spitals Wolhusen/Luzern.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mikic
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Pfirrmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004434:Early Ambulation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain; D011474:Prosthesis Design
chemical_list: D006882:Hydroxyapatites
vernacular_title: Die Hydroxylapatit-beschichtete Totalprothese der Hüfte. III. Generation Hüftprothesen.