Hydroxyapatite-coated total hip prosthesis. 3d-generation hip prostheses

Mikic, S.; Pfirrmann, R.W.

Zentralblatt für Chirurgie 115(11): 695-705

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 0044-409X
PMID: 2385971
Document Number: 358466
Since 1987, 80 hydroxyapatite-coated (HA) cementless total hip prostheses have been implanted. Thirty patients were examined 21 months post-operatively and the results compared with data for uncoated prosthesis. Earlier mobilisation and freedom from pain, together with evidence of bone ingrowth without connective tissue membrane formation, confirmed the benefits of HA-coated prostheses.

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