title: A method for improving acetabular preparation during cemented all-polyethylene acetabular component insertion during total hip arthroplasty.
abstract: Long-term outcome from cemented acetabular components has been correlated with the presence of radiolucency on early postoperative radiographs. We describe a means for enhancing acetabular bed preparation to decrease blood at the bone-cement interface and to obtain better pressurization of the cement into the cancellous bone of the acetabulum during cemented acetabular component insertion.
authors.affiliation: Center for Hip and Knee Surgery, St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville, Mooresville, Indiana 46158, USA.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Berend
authors.forename: Merrill A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ritter
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000601:surgery*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D002484:Cementation; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011095:Polyethylenes; D011474:Prosthesis Design
chemical_list: D011095:Polyethylenes