title: Reduction of osteolysis with use of Marathon cross-linked polyethylene. A concise follow-up, at a minimum of five years, of a previous report.
abstract: We previously reported wear data at a minimum of two years following thirty-four total hip replacements with a Marathon cross-linked polyethylene liner and twenty-four replacements with a conventional (gamma-sterilized-in-air) Enduron polyethylene liner. In this current study, with sequential five-year radiographs, wear rates were determined with use of linear regression analysis. The Marathon polyethylene had average wear rates of 15.4 mm(3)/yr and 8.0 mm(3)/million cycles. The Enduron polyethylene had average wear rates of 55.5 mm(3)/yr and 29.9 mm(3)/million cycles. The adjusted volumetric wear rate of the Marathon polyethylene was 73% lower than that of the Enduron polyethylene (p = 0.001). Osteolysis developed in eight of the twenty-four hips with an Enduron liner but was not apparent in any hip with a Marathon liner.
authors.affiliation: Stiftung Orthopädische Universitätsklinik, Schlierbacher Landstrasse 200A, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Rudi G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Bitsch
authors.forename: Travis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Loidolt
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heisel
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Schmalzried
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020959:Polyethylene; D011475:Prosthesis Failure
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D020959:Polyethylene