A method for improving acetabular preparation during cemented all-polyethylene acetabular component insertion during total hip arthroplasty

Long-term outcome from cemented acetabular components has been correlated with the presence of radiolucency on early postoperative radiographs. We describe a means for enhancing acetabular bed preparation to decrease blood at the bone–cement interface and to obtain better pressurization of the cement into the cancellous bone of the acetabulum during cemented acetabular component insertion. Copyright 2002, Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.