Complications of cementless total hip replacement

D. W. Hummel; O. I. Lanz; S. R. Werre

doi:10.3415/VCOT-09-07-0071

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2010; 23(06): 424-432
DOI: 10.3415/VCOT-09-07-0071

Original Research

Schattauer GmbH

Complications of cementless total hip replacement

A retrospective study of 163 cases

Authors

D. W. Hummel

¹Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
O. I. Lanz

²Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
S. R. Werre

³Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacks-burg, Virginia, USA

Abstract

Summary

Cementless total hip implants are relatively new to the veterinary market and therefore complication rates and prognostic indicators associated with the procedure have not been thoroughly documented. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of complications and identify prognostic indicators of success or failure for the Zurich cementless total hip replacement (THR). Medical records of 163 dogs that underwent Zurich cementless-THR were reviewed continuous and categorical variables, clinical outcomes and complications were recorded. Complications were separated into intra-operative (IOC), short-term (STC), and long-term (LTC). Bivariate and multivariate statistical analysis was used to compare complications. The clini-cal significance of this study was to provide surgeons with prognostic indicators of success or failure when evaluating prospective Zurich cementless-THR patients, and to report the complication rate of Zurich cementlessTHR. The complication rates of Zurich cementless-THR were then compared to previously-reported complication rates of cemented-THR and other cementless-THR systems. Short-term complications, LTC, and IOC rates of Zurich cementless-THR were found to be 6.75%, 10.4%, and 11.0% respectively. The most common complications were intra-operative femoral fracture, luxation of the implant, and septic loosening of the implant. Increased body weight and prior cemented-THR or fe-moral head and neck ostectomy of the contra-lateral hip were identified as negative prognostic indicators. The overall complication rate identified was greater than those previously reported for other cementless- and cemented-THR systems.

Keywords

Cementless - total hip replacement - complications

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