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Clinical and Roentgenographic Evaluation of Noncemented Porous-Coated Anatomic Medullary Locking (AML) and Porous-Coated Anatomic (PCA) Total Hip Arthroplasties

Reprinted from Clinical Orthopaedics, September, 1990

Author: Ray J. Haddad, JR, MD, Thomas C. Skalley, MD, Stephen D. Cook, PhD, Mark R. Brinker, MD, Jessica Cheramie, MD, Richard Meyer, MD, and John Missry, MD

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Noncemented porous·coated total hip arthroplasty (THA) has enjoyed increasing popularity in recent years. The current interest in biologic fixation of hip prostheses has evol "ed as a result of long·term follow.up studies of cemented THA in which aseptic loosening often resulted in clinical failure Bone growth into a porous·coated implant offers an attractive alternative to cement fixation. While initial follow-up studies of noncemented porouscoated THAs have been encouraging, persistent pain has been reported in a...

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RAy J. HADDAD, JR., M.D.,* THOMASC. SKALLEY, M.D., STEPHEND. COOK, PH.D .• MARK R. BRINKER, M.D., JE

Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research