title: [Ideal total hip prosthesis in 1993].
abstract: Although it is a hazardous adventure to define what is an ideal in any field, it would appear that there is a certain consensus about total hip prostheses. The fundamental principle of the total hip replacement was based on the articulation of a spheric segment, a mobile head contained in a hemispheric non-retaining element. To date, the first material is a titanium in a alloy containing 6% aluminum and 4% vanadium. The second material facing the titanium is polyethylene or alumine. Thus the joint couple could be "polyethylene-metal", or "polyethylene-alumine" or even "alumine-alumine". The hemispheric element can be a massive piece of polyethylene or formed by a peripheral metal (an open hemisphere) filled with the joint surface, itself made of polyethylene. This solution offers the possibility of changing the prosthesis in case of wear without interrupting the implant-bone contact. The first type is cemented to the bone with methyl polymethacrylate. With the second, the metallic part need not to be cemented and can be fitted to the bone by simple pressing. Several points are essential in the femoral piece. It should include a removable head so the length of the neck can be adjusted. It must fill the medullary canal as closely as possible and fill the methaphyseal space. It is fixed by a self-fitting system leading to stable secondary long-term fixation-a porous covering, sometimes with hydroxy apatite can also be useful. In certain cases it must be cemented, although the cement must only play the role of adaptation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors: Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique, C.H.U Nancy Hôpital Central.
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Delagoutte
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Mainard
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials
vernacular_title: La prothèse totale de hanche idéale en 1993.