Is It Possible to Create an “Ideal Endoprosthesis” for an “Ideal Total Hip Replacement”?

Abstract

Since the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, technological equipment, implant designs (endoprosthesis) and the surgical technique of total hip replacement (THR) have been constantly improved and reached a high level of functionality and quality. Therefore, at present, THR is one of the most high-tech, reliable and popular surgical operations that allow a large number of people suffering from osteoarthritis and other serious diseases of the hip joint to return to an active lifestyle. At the same time, it is known that even operations at this level do not always guarantee the achievement of the desired result and can lead to various complications. The question arises: are there potential opportunities for creating an “ideal endoprosthesis” that allows one to perform an “ideal THR”? In this paper, based on a critical analysis of modern endoprosthesis designs for THR, technologies for their implantation and systemic postoperative complications, the most probable, according to the authors, ways of their development are formulated, which allow asymptotically approaching the “ideal”.