A method for improving acetabular preparation during cemented all-polyethylene acetabular component insertion during total hip arthroplasty.
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.
Berend
Michael E
ME
Center for Hip and Knee Surgery, St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville, Mooresville, Indiana 46158, USA.
Ritter
Merrill A
MA
D000077:Acetabulum / Q000601:surgery*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D002484:Cementation; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011095:Polyethylenes; D011474:Prosthesis Design
D011095:Polyethylenes