title: The optimal metal-metal arthroplasty is still a total hip arthroplasty: in opposition.
abstract: The longevity of any hip arthroplasty in an individual patient cannot be predicted with certainty so revisability of the arthroplasty remains an issue. As the occurrence of loosening and osteolysis decreases, then fatigue failure of femoral stems, complications of modular connections, and infection will become relatively more common modes of failure. Metal-metal hip resurfacing conserves bone stock, which provides better options for revision surgery. Hip resurfacing favors early intervention and has demonstrated excellent outcomes in young active males, the group historically at increased risk for failure of a conventional total hip arthroplasty. The best balance of the benefit-risk ratio for hip resurfacing is in those patients at increased risk for failure of a conventional total hip arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Joint Replacement Institute at Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Schmalzried
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005269:Femur; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D008670:Metals; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D008670:Metals