The application of allogenic bone grafts for replantation of a hip prosthesis; an attempt at radiological evaluation of graft rebuilding.
An attempt at radiological estimation of remodelling of allogenic bone grafts used in reconstruction of bone stock in revision of hip arthroplasty.


METHODS
x-ray pictures of the treated hips were taken immediately and at 3, 6 and 12 months after surgery. Changes of bone structure around the prosthesis were estimated.


RESULTS
symptoms of remodelling (presence of newly formed bone trabecules between host bone and the grafts and in the surrounding area) were encountered at 3 to 6 months after reconstruction surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
radiological estimation of bone remodelling remains subjective. Nevertheless it can help to determine bone graft rebuilding in revision surgery of the hip.
Ozonek
W
W
Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, Orthopaedic Department, Otwock, Poland.
Rapała
K
K
Obrebski
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016348:Osseointegration; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous