• Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · May 2009

    Revision of failed acetabular components utilizing a cementless oblong cup: an average 9-year follow-up study.

    • Georg Köster and Sabine Rading.
    • Abteilung Orthopädische Chirurgie und Traumatologie, Chirurgisch-Orthopädische Fachklinik Lorsch, Waldstrasse 13, 64653 Lorsch, Germany. koester@fachklinik-lorsch.de
    • Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2009 May 1; 129 (5): 603608603-8.

    IntroductionFailure of acetabular components often leads to bone loss with extensive elongated defects in the surrounding bone. In these cases, reconstruction is challenging and stable fixation of the revision implant difficult. The use of an oblong cup has been described as an option for acetabular reconstruction in such revisions. We report the first long-term results obtained with this implant to date.Materials And MethodsFifty-six longitudinal oblong revision cups (LOR) were evaluated clinically and radiologically after a follow-up of 8-12 years (average 9 years). The defects treated with the LOR cup ranged from Paprosky type 1-3. Allogenic cancellous bone chips were additionally used in 31 reconstructions to fill cavitary defects.ResultsBased on radiological criteria, 50 acetabular implants underwent osseointegration without any definitive signs of loosening; 2 consistently exhibited zonal radiolucent lines that were always smaller than 2 mm, 1 migrated by around 3 mm. None of these cases exhibited any clinical symptoms. In 11 cases where acetabular defects manifested postoperatively, 8 were remodeled completely and 3 partially at final follow-up. Three revision implants migrated farther than 5 mm and had to be revised before 32-month follow-up. In addition, 1 septic implant failure occurred. After an average follow-up of 9 years, 93% of the investigated implants remained in situ without further revision and 95% without aseptic implant failure.ConclusionThis 12-year clinical study demonstrates that the LOR cup offers a successful concept for the revision of failed acetabular components that also promotes the biological reconstruction of bony defects. Compared with other methods with similarly long follow-ups, our long-term results prove this procedure has a very low rate of revision and aseptic implant failure.

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