title: The Harris Design-2 total hip replacement fixed with so-called second-generation cementing techniques. A ten to fifteen-year follow-up.
abstract: We analyzed the clinical results of 195 Harris Design-2 total hip replacements performed with so-called second-generation cementing techniques in 166 consecutive patients who had osteoarthrosis. The mean age of the patients at the time of the replacement was sixty-seven years and nine months (range, thirty-one to eighty-nine years). Forty-eight patients (fifty-four hips) died before the time of the latest follow-up, but the implants were apparently functioning well at the time of death. Three patients (four hips) were lost to follow-up. Five patients (five hips; 3 percent) had a revision because of aseptic loosening of the acetabular or femoral component, or both, that was related to wear-induced osteolysis. The mean Harris hip score for the 131 hips that were available at the latest follow-up examination at a mean of twelve years (range, ten to fifteen years) after the operation was 89 +/- 10 points. On the basis of the Harris hip score, seventy-six hips had an excellent result, thirty-four had a good result, fifteen had a fair result, and six had a poor result at the latest follow-up examination. Radiographically, twelve (9 percent) of the 131 acetabular components and three (2 percent) of the 131 femoral components were probably or definitely loose. At a mean of twelve years, 186 (97 percent) of 191 Harris Design-2 implants were in situ or had been in situ at the time of the patient's death.
authors.affiliation: London Health Sciences Centre, The University of Western Ontario, Canada. robert.bourne@lhsc.on.ca
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Bourne
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Rorabeck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skutek
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mikkelsen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winemaker
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001843:Bone Cements; D002484:Cementation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements