title: Life expectancy after hip arthroplasty. Case-control study of 1018 cases of primary arthrosis.
abstract: The long-term survival of 1018 total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients (237 McKee-Farrar, 449 Brunswik and 332 Lubinus patients) operated on for primary arthrosis was compared with pair-matched controls (i.e., patients operated on for other orthopedic indications) and with a normal population. The 10-year survival after surgery for the McKee-Farrar patients was 85 percent, for the Brunswik patients 82 percent, for the Lubinus patients 82 percent and for the orthopedic control patients 84 percent, respectively. The 10-year survival after 65 years of age for the THA patients was 78 percent and for the normal population 73 percent. The long-term life expectancy of our patients with a cemented THA was equal to that of our orthopedic control group and better than the life expectancy of the Finnish population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Central Military Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Visuri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pulkkinen
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Turula
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paavolainen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koskenvuo
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D012737:Sex Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors