Charnley 25 year cemented THR U.S.A. results

[Guest guest]

The Acrobat Reader American document is from the Journal of Bone and Joint

Surgery and concerns the 25 year results after cemented Charnley THR in patients

less than 50 years old.

It is an investigation performed at the University of Iowa Hospitals etc.

Why post the results on this site may you ask! Well in the not to distant past

a discussion on cementation took place and this report gives factual

information. The cement used will have changed but for the better.

The following is part of the text but the 7 page report should be read in its

entirety.

Survivorship Analysis Of the original ninety-three prosthetic hips, sixty-four

(69%) were functioning at the latest follow-up evaluation or at the time of

death of the patient. Of the sixty hips in the living patients, thirty-eight

(63%) were functioning with the index prosthesis in place at least twenty-five

years after placement.

I know we believe Resurfacing to be better but for those who have to have a THR

or those who are worried about cement then this report is good news - remember

these were done in the 70's.

Message to Chuck : Charnley again Chuck! He was certainly a knowledgeable

OS. He didn't get everything right but a lot of people owe him an awful lot.

Both THR & Resurfers.

Rog

[Guest guest]

Sorry folks I left off the most important thing - the website address

http://www.jbjs.org/Comments/pdf/JBJA085061066.pdf

Rog

Charnley 25 year cemented THR U.S.A. results

The Acrobat Reader American document is from the Journal of Bone and Joint

Surgery and concerns the 25 year results after cemented Charnley THR in patients

less than 50 years old.

It is an investigation performed at the University of Iowa Hospitals etc.

Why post the results on this site may you ask! Well in the not to distant

past a discussion on cementation took place and this report gives factual

information. The cement used will have changed but for the better.

The following is part of the text but the 7 page report should be read in its

entirety.

Survivorship Analysis Of the original ninety-three prosthetic hips,

sixty-four (69%) were functioning at the latest follow-up evaluation or at the

time of death of the patient. Of the sixty hips in the living patients,

thirty-eight (63%) were functioning with the index prosthesis in place at least

twenty-five years after placement.

I know we believe Resurfacing to be better but for those who have to have a

THR or those who are worried about cement then this report is good news -

remember these were done in the 70's.

Message to Chuck : Charnley again Chuck! He was certainly a

knowledgeable OS. He didn't get everything right but a lot of people owe him an

awful lot. Both THR & Resurfers.

Rog