title: Acetabular cup migration. Prediction of aseptic loosening.
abstract: We measured the proximal migration of 265 acetabular cups over seven years and correlated the findings with clinical outcome and acetabular revision for aseptic loosening. Cups which eventually became aseptically loose were shown to migrate more rapidly than successful cups. The average proximal migration at two years postoperatively for four groups of cups showed a monotonic relationship to the acetabular revision rate for aseptic loosening at 6.5 years. We conclude that acetabular cups which develop aseptic loosening as evidenced by pain, revision or screw fracture show increased proximal migration by one year, and that the 'migration rate' at two years can be used to predict the acetabular revision rate from aseptic loosening at 6.5 years.
authors.affiliation: Royal London Hospital Medical College, England.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Stocks
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016019:Survival Analysis