The literature article entitled, "thigh pain in primary total hip arthroplasty" written by carlos lavernia, md, michele d'apuzzo, md, victor hernandez, md, and david lee, phd published by the journal of arthroplasty vol.
19 no.
7 suppl.
2 2004 was reviewed.
The article's purpose to assess the effects of material composition in the development of thigh pain after primary cementless total hip arthroplasty in a tapered stem series.
Data was compiled from 241 patients who received depuy tha products between november 1997 and june 2001.
All components were press-fitted and cups had supplemental fixation screws with poly liners.
All stems were trilock stems that were cobalt-chrome-molybdenum prior to 2000 and titanium-aluminum-vanadium in year 2000 and after.
Patients age range 18-93 and were followed for a minimum of 2 years.
Depuy products utilized: trilock stems, femoral head, poly liner, pressfit cup, cup fixation screws.
Adverse events: infection (treated with revision), periprosthetic femur fracture (treatment not clarified), thigh pain (treatment not clarified), stems in valgus or varus positions (treatment not clarified), pedestal formations in femur(treatment not clarified) the article does not provide adequate information to determine accurate quantities.
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