The difference between stretching and splitting muscle trauma during THA seems not to play a dominant role in influencing periprosthetic BMD changes.
BACKGROUND
Periprosthetic bone adaptation in the proximal femur after total hip arthroplasty can result in reduced bone mineral density that may contribute to increased risk of aseptic loosening or fracture. Functional loading of the proximal femur postoperatively may depend upon the type of surgical muscle trauma - splitting or stretching - and is likely to influence the preservation of periprosthetic bone mineral. Since the maintenance of bone is known to be highly age and gender dependent, the aim of this study was to investigate the interplay between muscle trauma and age and gender influences on periprosthetic bone adaptation.


METHODS
Ninet y-three patients were consecutively recruited into either a transgluteal (splitting) or anterolateral (stretching) surgical approach and examined 7 days and 12 months after an elective primary hip arthroplasty (Zweymüller Alloclassic stem), using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements to quantify proximal femoral bone mineral density.


RESULTS
The results indicate that neither gender, age nor surgical trauma type, but only the combination of age and gender, were significant predictors of postoperative remodelling rate, with younger men (<65) and older women exhibiting the largest bone atrophy.


CONCLUSIONS
This study has demonstrated that the difference between stretching and splitting surgical trauma to the muscles during total hip replacement does not play a dominant role in influencing periprosthetic bone mineral changes. However, this data does suggest that certain patient populations may particularly benefit from muscle and bone preserving procedures.
Julius Wolff Institute (JWI) and Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie (CMSC), Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Centrum für Sportwissenschaft und Sportmedizin Berlin, Philippstr. 13, Haus 11, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. bill.taylor@charite.de
William R
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Taylor
Tomasz D
TD
Szwedowski
Markus O
MO
Heller
Carsten
C
Perka
Georg
G
Matziolis
Michael
M
Müller
Lars
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Janshen
Georg N
GN
Duda
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D015519:Bone Density; D016723:Bone Remodeling; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors