Affiliation:
1. Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, St Joseph's Health Centre, London, Canada.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to establish if the Bateman prosthesis functions as a bipolar device moving primarily at the inner metal-on-polyethylene bearing as originally proposed, or as a unipolar hemiarthroplasty moving at the outer metal-on-cartilage surface as has recently been suggested. One hundred hips were examined at one year follow-up; 78 were examined again at two to four years. The replacement was performed for arthritis in 76 hips and for femoral neck fracture in 24. Movement was assessed both with and without weight-bearing. In 80% of the arthritis group the prosthesis functioned as a bipolar hip replacement with movement occurring primarily at the inner metal-on-polyethylene surface. By contrast, in 75% of the fracture group the prosthesis functioned largely as a unipolar device with movement occurring primarily at the outer metal-on-cartilage surface. In all cases examined serially the movement pattern was the same at two to four years as it has been at one year. Clearly, the action of the prosthesis depends on the condition of the acetabular cartilage.
Publisher
British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
Subject
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery
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