Exchangeable Femoral Neck (Dual-Modular) THA Prostheses Have Poorer Survivorship Than Other Designs: A Nationwide Cohort of 324,108 Patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Exchangeable neck THAs had poorer survivorship independent of other prosthetic revision risk factors. Accordingly, expected anatomic and functional benefits should be carefully assessed before choosing this design.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, therapeutic study.
PMID: 28194710 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - February 12, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Colas S, Allalou A, Poichotte A, Piriou P, Dray-Spira R, Zureik M Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research