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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) 86:2206-2211 (2004)
© 2004 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

A Constrained Liner Cemented into a Secure Cementless Acetabular Shell

John J. Callaghan, MD1, Javad Parvizi, MD2, Clifford C. Novak, MD1, Barron Bremner, DO2, Wade Shrader, MD2, David G. Lewallen, MD2, Richard C. Johnston, MD1 and Devon D. Goetz, MD3

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Iowa Health Care, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242. E-mail address for J.J. Callaghan: john-callaghan{at}uiowa.edu
2 Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street S.W., Rochester, MN 55905
3 Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons, 6001 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines, IA 50266

Investigation performed at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City; Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa; and the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

In support of their research or preparation of this manuscript, one or more of the authors received grants or outside funding from the National Institutes of Health Bioengineering Research Partnership Grants AR46601 and AR47653, the Veterans Affairs Merit Award, and DePuy. In addition, one or more of the authors received payments or other benefits or a commitment or agreement to provide such benefits from a commercial entity (DePuy). Also, a commercial entity (DePuy) paid or directed, or agreed to pay or direct, benefits to a research fund, foundation, educational institution, or other charitable or nonprofit organization with which the authors are affiliated or associated.

Background: Constrained acetabular components have been used to treat hips with recurrent instability following total hip arthroplasty and hips that demonstrate instability during revision surgery. In such hips, when a secure cementless acetabular shell is present, the surgeon can cement a constrained liner into the existing shell. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcome of this technique with use of a tripolar constrained liner that was cemented into a well-fixed cementless acetabular shell.

Methods: Between 1988 and 2000, constrained liners were cemented into thirty-one well-fixed cementless acetabular shells at three centers. The average age of the patients at the time of the index surgery was 72.1 years, and the indications for the procedure were recurrent hip instability in sixteen hips and intraoperative instability in fifteen hips. The patients were evaluated with respect to the clinical outcome and radiographic evidence of shell loosening and osteolysis.

Results: At an average duration of follow-up of 3.9 years, twenty-nine liners (94%) were securely fixed in the cementless shells and two constrained liners had failed. One liner failed because it separated from the cement, and one failed because of fracture of the capturing mechanism. Both hips were successfully revised with another cemented tripolar constrained liner. No acetabular component demonstrated radiographic evidence of progressive loosening or osteolysis.

Conclusions: A constrained tripolar liner cemented into a secure, well-positioned cementless acetabular shell provides stability and durability at short-term follow-up. Careful attention to the preparation of the liner, the sizing of the component, and the cementing technique are likely to reduce the failure of this construct, which can be used for difficult cases of total hip instability.

Level of Evidence: Therapeutic study, Level IV (case series [no, or historical, control group]). See Instructions to Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.


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