title: [The use of titanium sponge in hip revision replacement prosthesis--preliminary report].
abstract: Failures of hip arthroplasty are increased, because of loosening of prosthetic components. The complexity of implants incompetence and a variety of materials used for reconstructions cause that the presentation of a single technique for revision surgery after the hip joint arthroplasty is not easy. The presented method which makes an acetabular reconstruction with the use of titanium sponge (Regenerex) is possible.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  was a presentation of preliminary results of Regenerex hip socket based on titanium sponge and used during a hip revision surgery after the loosening of the hip prosthetic components.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Titanium is a biocompatibile metal. The ability to aggregrate thrombocythes around titanium accelerates osteointegration of titanium implants. The construction of valent and covalent coating of titanium atom protects against redox reactions.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji z Warmińsko-Mazurskim Centrum Onkologii w Olsztynie, Oddział Chirurgii Urazowo-Ortopedycznej. mkpol@poliklinika.olsztyn.pl
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szypuła
authors.forename: Józef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kedziora
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D016348:Osseointegration; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D014025:Titanium
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium