• Rocco P Pitto, Aknaksha Bhargava, Salil Pandit, Cameron Walker, and Jacob T Munro.
• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. r.pitto@auckland.ac.nz
• Int Orthop. 2008 Oct 1;32(5):589-95.

AbstractThe aim of this prospective study was to measure bone density changes and to assess adaptive bone remodelling after uncemented total hip arthroplasty with a taper-design femoral component using quantitative computer-tomography-assisted osteodensitometry. This method is able to differentiate cortical and cancellous bone structures. Twenty-seven consecutive patients (29 hips) with degenerative joint disease were enrolled in the study. Serial clinical, radiological and CT-osteodensitometry assessments were performed after the index operation. At the 2-year follow-up, the clinical outcome was rated satisfactory in all hips. The radiological assessment showed signs of osteointegration and stable fixation of all cups and stems. We observed a -17% decrease of cortical bone density and -22% decrease of cancellous bone density in the greater trochanter and femoral neck region. Cortical and cancellous bone density decrease at the level of the lesser trochanter was -9% and respectively -4%. We observed small changes of cortical bone density in the diaphyseal regions; in contrast, cancellous bone density increased (range 6% to 27%) in the diaphyseal regions. Overall, a trend of bone density recovery was observed throughout the follow-up period. Periprosthetic bone density changes at the 2-year follow-up are suggestive of stable osteointegration with proximal femoral diaphysis load transfer and moderate metaphyseal stress-shielding.

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