Systematic review of total hip arthroplasty in patients under 30 years old.
systematic_review · Level I
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- Also identified by DOI 10.5301/hipint.5000002.
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Abstract
We performed a systematic review to assess whether joint replacement in this very young patient group provides significant functional improvement and whether these procedures are associated with good implant survivorship. The studies included presented the results of 450 THA procedures. All patients showed an improvement in functional score and symptom relief. Uncemented stems showed good integration with no signs of loosening. Cemented implants showed high rates of loosening. This study shows that THA in the very young patient can provide good functional improvement and relief of symptoms and that the more modern uncemented implant designs used with hard-on-hard bearings can be associated with improved implant survival. Long-term studies are necessary to confirm the superiority and improved survivorship of these newer implants.
Medical subject headings
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
Anatomy
- hip