Minimum ten-year results of a 28-mm metal-on-metal bearing in cementless total hip arthroplasty in patients fifty years of age and younger
Innmann, M.M., Gotterbarm, T., Kretzer, J.P. et al.Hip
Purpose
Concerns have been raised in relation to metal-on-metal (MoM) articulations with catastrophic soft-tissue reactions due to metal debris. We reviewed how small head MoM articulations perform in primary uncemented total hip arthroplasty (THA) in young patients at a minimum of ten years.
Methods
We retrospectively evaluated the clinical and radiographic results of the first 100 consecutive primary cementless THAs using the 28-mm Metasul MoM articulation in 91 patients younger than 50 years of age at the time of surgery.
Results
After 13 years, survival for the endpoint revision due to any reason was 90.9 % and 98.9 % for revision due to aseptic implant loosening. The cumulative incidence of MoM related revisions was 1.2 %. Small proximal femoral osteolysis was found in 18 % of hips. No acetabular osteolysis or loosening was detected. Two hips showed signs of femoral neck impingement with severe damage to the neck.
Conclusions
Early in the second decade, MoM-associated complications were rare using the 28-mm Metasul articulation, and aseptic loosening was not a major mode of failure in this cohort of young patients.
Level of evidence
Therapeutic Level IV.
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