• Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jun 2023

    Long-term survivorship of an exchangeable-neck hip prosthesis with a Ti-alloy/Ti-alloy neck-stem junction.

    • Massimiliano Baleani, Aldo Toni, Cristina Ancarani, Susanna Stea, and Barbara Bordini.
    • IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136, Bologna, Italy. massimiliano.baleani@ior.it.
    • Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2023 Jun 1; 143 (6): 364936573649-3657.

    IntroductionBreakage of exchangeable-neck (EN) and adverse local tissue reactions (ALTRs) to neck-stem junction (NSJ) damage products are responsible for increasing the revision rate of EN hip prostheses. We investigated the survivorship of an EN hip prosthesis including a NSJ with both components made of titanium alloy (Ti-alloy/Ti-alloy) to assess whether, and to what extent, EN breakage and NSJ damage affected implant survivorship.Materials And MethodsUsing data from a hip replacement registry, we determined survivorship of 2857 EN prostheses. Long-offset configurations of head and EN were implanted in heavy (> 90 kg) patients only in 23 hips. We investigated under which conditions EN breakages or ALTRs occurred. We also measured titanium (Ti) and vanadium (V) blood concentrations in 24 patients with a unilateral well-working prosthesis.ResultsThe 17-year survival rates for any reason and aseptic loosening of any component were 88.9% (95%CI 87.5-90.1; 857 hips at risk) and 96.9% (95%CI 96.0-97.6), respectively. There were two cases of EN breakage and one case of ALTR (metallosis), due to rim-neck impingement, out of 276 revisions. After an average period of 9.8 years (range 7.8-12.8 years), the maximum Ti and V blood concentrations in patients with a well-working prosthesis were 5.0 µg/l and 0.16 µg/l, respectively.ConclusionThe present incidence of EN breakage or ALTR is lower than those reported in other studies evaluating EN hip prosthesis survivorship. This study suggests that (i) the risk of EN breakage is reduced by limiting the use of long-offset configurations in heavy patients and (ii) Ti-alloy/Ti-alloy NSJ damage products do not promote ALTR nor significantly alter the rate of implant loosening. Since design decisions and implant configuration determine the NSJ strength, the NSJ strength in working conditions must be thoroughly investigated to proper define the clinical indications for any EN design.© 2022. The Author(s).

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