The literature article entitled, "review of total hip arthroplasty in patients younger than 30 years: mid- to long-term results" written by yuvraj agrawal, robert m kerry, ian stockley, and andrew j hamer published by hip international accepted by publisher on 21 november 2019 was reviewed.The article's purpose was to report on results of total hip arthroplasties less than 30 years by examining clinical, radiological and functional outcomes in a high-volume specialist arthroplasty unit.Data was compiled from 78 patients who underwent 101 primary hip arthroplasties with age range of 16-30 years.Table 2 provides a list of depuy and non-depuy components including uncemented, cemented and hip surfacing.Cement manufacturer is not identified.Article reports 19 of these patients (25 hips) underwent revision for a variety different reasons listed in table 3 but does not identify which adverse events are associated with which specific products.Bearing surfaces were either metal-on-poly or ceramic-on-ceramic uncemented depuy products: duraloc cup, pinnacle cup, corail stem, srom stem, liner (assumed), head (assumed) cemented depuy products: elite plus cup, c-stem, charnley stem, asr resurfacing cup, asr resurfacing head listed reasons for revisions: aseptic loosening (component or interface not specified) liner wear.Pain.Peri-prosthetic fracture (anatomical location not provided).Other adverse events: pulmonary embolus (treated in consultation with hematologists).Dislocation (no information regarding treatment).
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