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Hip and Knee Arthroplasty - Surface Hippy Guide to Hip Resurfacing

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Effect of Bearing <strong>Surface</strong><br />

For the first time the Registry is reporting the<br />

effect of bearing surface on the early <strong>to</strong> mid term<br />

outcomes of primary conventional <strong>to</strong>tal hip<br />

replacement.<br />

The Registry would advise caution in the<br />

interpretation of these initial analyses. The<br />

relationship between bearing surface <strong>and</strong> other<br />

fac<strong>to</strong>rs known <strong>to</strong> be important <strong>to</strong> the outcome of<br />

joint replacement is complex. The current period<br />

of follow up is short <strong>and</strong> the Registry is yet <strong>to</strong><br />

examine many of these fac<strong>to</strong>rs.<br />

The Registry has classified bearing surface in<strong>to</strong><br />

four categories; ceramic on polyethylene, ceramic<br />

on ceramic, metal on polyethylene <strong>and</strong> metal on<br />

metal. There is a fifth category that relates <strong>to</strong> a<br />

small number of procedures where the bearing<br />

surface is yet <strong>to</strong> be classified by the Registry.<br />

This type of generic analysis is dependent on the<br />

Registry being able <strong>to</strong> define the required feature<br />

(attribute) of each individual prosthesis. The<br />

Registry is working <strong>to</strong> classify the remaining<br />

prostheses <strong>to</strong> complete this process, however it<br />

is labour intensive <strong>and</strong> takes time, particularly for<br />

those prostheses that are no longer used. As the<br />

majority of prostheses have been classified <strong>and</strong><br />

the outcome of the unclassified group does not<br />

vary considerably from the defined categories, it<br />

was decided <strong>to</strong> present these initial analyses<br />

rather than wait until classification has been<br />

completed.<br />

The bearing surface with the highest seven year<br />

cumulative percent revision is metal on metal<br />

(4.4%), followed by ceramic on polyethylene<br />

(3.5%), metal on polyethylene (3.3%) <strong>and</strong><br />

ceramic on ceramic (3.1%). After adjusting for<br />

age <strong>and</strong> gender metal on polyethylene bearing<br />

surface has a significantly lower risk of revision<br />

compared <strong>to</strong> the other three bearing surfaces<br />

(Tables HT25 <strong>and</strong> HT26 <strong>and</strong> Figure HT21).<br />

Bearing surfaces have differences in the risk of<br />

revision depending on head size. For femoral<br />

component head size less than or equal <strong>to</strong><br />

28mm, metal on polyethylene has the lowest<br />

cumulative percent revision at seven years<br />

(3.4%). Compared <strong>to</strong> metal on polyethylene,<br />

ceramic on polyethylene <strong>and</strong> ceramic on ceramic<br />

have a significantly higher risk of revision,<br />

however metal on metal is not significantly<br />

different (Tables HT27 <strong>and</strong> HT28 <strong>and</strong> Figure<br />

HT22).<br />

For femoral component head sizes greater than<br />

28mm, metal on polyethylene <strong>and</strong> ceramic on<br />

polyethylene have the lowest cumulative percent<br />

revision at three years (1.4% <strong>and</strong> 1.3%<br />

respectively). Metal on metal has a significantly<br />

higher revision rate compared <strong>to</strong> the other three<br />

bearing surfaces. Ceramic on ceramic has a<br />

significantly higher revision rate compared <strong>to</strong><br />

metal on polyethylene <strong>and</strong> ceramic on<br />

polyethylene (Tables HT27 <strong>and</strong> HT28 <strong>and</strong> Figure<br />

HT23).<br />

The Registry has also compared revision rates by<br />

femoral component head size for each bearing<br />

surface. Femoral components greater than<br />

28mm have significantly lower revision rates<br />

compared <strong>to</strong> femoral components less than or<br />

equal <strong>to</strong> 28mm for all bearing surfaces with the<br />

exception of metal on metal. For metal/metal<br />

bearing surfaces there is no significant difference<br />

in the rate of revision between femoral<br />

component head sizes (Figures HT24-HT27).<br />

Prosthesis Specific Outcomes<br />

The outcomes of the most commonly used stem<br />

<strong>and</strong> acetabular combinations for primary<br />

conventional <strong>to</strong>tal hip replacement are listed in<br />

Tables HT29-HT34. There are two tables for<br />

cemented, cementless <strong>and</strong> hybrid (femoral<br />

cemented) prosthesis combinations with over 300<br />

procedures. The first table provides information<br />

on the number of procedures, the number of<br />

revisions <strong>and</strong> the revisions per 100 observed<br />

component years. The second table provides the<br />

yearly cumulative percent revision. It is not<br />

possible or meaningful <strong>to</strong> present the outcomes<br />

of all recorded combinations as many<br />

combinations involve small numbers of<br />

procedures. There are 1,249 combinations for<br />

primary conventional <strong>to</strong>tal hip replacement<br />

recorded by the Registry (128 more combinations<br />

than recorded last year). Of these, 69 stem <strong>and</strong><br />

acetabular combinations have over 300<br />

procedures reported. Although the listed<br />

combinations are only a small proportion of the<br />

possible combinations, they represent 77.9% of<br />

all primary conventional <strong>to</strong>tal hip replacements.<br />

These tables allow comparison of outcomes for<br />

the most commonly used combinations by<br />

Australian surgeons. It is worthwhile noting that<br />

the group ‘other’ is the combined outcome of all<br />

prosthesis combinations with less than 300<br />

procedures.<br />

There are 11 primary conventional <strong>to</strong>tal hip<br />

stem/acetabular combinations with greater than<br />

300 procedures using cement fixation. All have<br />

over 1,000 observed component years <strong>and</strong> the<br />

number of revisions per 100 observed component<br />

years varies from 0.1 <strong>to</strong> 0.9 (Table HT29). Of<br />

those with a seven year cumulative percent<br />

revision the least revised combinations are the<br />

MS 30/Low Profile Cup (0.8%), the Exeter/Exeter<br />

(3.0%) <strong>and</strong> the Spectron EF/Reflection (3.0%)<br />

(Table HT30). Regardless of fixation, the MS<br />

30/Low Profile cup has the lowest seven year<br />

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