Acetabular revision using a press-fit dual mobility cup.
BACKGROUND
Dual mobility cups are especially indicated in total hip replacement revision, the risk of recurrent instability being greater than in primary surgery. In revision, however, primary cup fixation is uncertain without routine anchoring screws.


OBJECTIVE
The stability of dual mobility cups impacted without cement, supplementary screw(s) or anchoring pegs fixation is satisfactory in total hip arthroplasty acetabular component revision, and prevents instability accidents.


METHODS
Twenty three patients were operated on by the same surgeon between January 1999 and December 2006 and prospectively followed up to a mean 4 1/2 years (range,2-10 yrs). A Collégia cup (Wright Medical France, Créteil, France) was impacted in 23 total hip arthroplasty acetabular component revisions, including 17 cases of SOFCOT grade-1 bone-stock loss and six of grade 2.


RESULTS
There were six clinically poor results on the Merle D'Aubigné scale. One case of early migration occurred, in a multioperated acetabulum. There was one isolated dislocation and one recurrent dislocation associated with loose greater trochanter nonunion, but tolerated as it was infrequent.


CONCLUSIONS
This option simplifies revision surgery and limits the risk of dislocation if the abductor muscles unit is continuous. It is indicated when local bone-site compromise encompass a wall-contained cavitary defect at most. A medial wall defect, if moderate, does not in our view preclude using a primary cup, impacted with a certain degree of protrusion. Longer-term follow-up will be needed to confirm these medium-term findings.


METHODS
Level IV. Prospective non comparative therapeutic study.
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CHU Bichat-Claude-Bernard, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France. philippe.massin@bch.aphp.fr
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D000077:Acetabulum / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000517:prevention & control; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome