• Kirk A Kindsfater, Christi J Sychterz Terefenko, Thomas A Gruen, and Cynthia M Sherman.
• Orthopaedic Center of the Rockies, Fort Collins, CO 80525, USA.
• J Arthroplasty. 2012 Apr 1; 27 (4): 545-50.

AbstractThis study reports minimum 5-year results of 95 hips implanted with a Pinnacle (DePuy, Warsaw, Ind) modular metal-on-metal acetabular prosthesis. Clinical scores such as the Harris Hip and Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index revealed excellent clinical outcomes at mean 6-year follow-up. With the use of large-diameter femoral heads, dislocation was rare, occurring in only 1 hip. Moreover, no acetabular and only 3 femoral osteolytic lesions were detected. Kaplan-Meier survivorship at 7 years after arthroplasty was 97.8% for the total hip arthroplasty construct and 100% for the acetabular shell. No unexplained pain or other complication attributable to wear debris or the metal-on-metal articulation was observed. These findings indicate that total hip arthroplasty with this specific modular metal-on-metal bearing performed well in a high-demand population at midterm follow-up.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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