Proximal femoral allografts for bone deficiencies in revision hip arthroplasty: a medium-term follow-up study.
Fifteen patients who had undergone hip reconstruction using a proximal femoral allograft-prosthesis composite because of failed total hip arthroplasty were reviewed retrospectively. The average length of allograft was 11 cm. The average follow-up period was 7.6 years. Ten patients retained the allograft-prosthesis construct, yielding a success rate of 67% for the procedure. The average preoperative Harris Hip Score of all patients was 21.7 points. At the latest follow-up, the average hip score for 10 patients with retained allograft-prosthesis composite was 81 points. Complications included junction nonunion (13%), allograft fracture (6.7%), loosening of acetabular component (6.7%), trochanteric escape (26.7%), allograft infection (20%), and allograft resorption (20%). Although proximal femoral allograft-prosthesis composite achieved good clinical results in most of the patients at medium-term follow-up, the late development of infection and resorption of the allograft warranted continued observation of patients who had undergone such procedures.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Jun-Wen
JW
Wang
Ching-Jen
CJ
Wang
D000328:Adult; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000637:transplantation*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome