Hybrid and cementless total hip replacements in patients younger than fifty years of age were similar after eighteen years.

摘要

Question: How do hybrid and cementless total hip replacements in patients less than fifty years of age compare after a minimum of sixteen years of follow-up? Design: Randomized (allocation concealed), unblinded, controlled trial with a mean of 18.4 years of follow-up.Setting: The Joint Replacement Center of Korea, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.Patients: One hundred and sixty-six patients (228 hips) who were less than fifty years of age and undergoing total hip replacement One hundred and fifty-seven patients (95%) (mean age, 45.1 years; 76% men) were available for follow-up.