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. 2024 Mar 1;36(1):12–25. doi: 10.5371/hp.2024.36.1.12

Table 2.

Study Characteristics and Demographic Details

Study Country Inclusion/exclusion criteria Etiology Total hips Study design Mean age (yr) Sex (F:M) Extension of protrucio from Kohler’s line/Sotelo-Garza classification Intervention Approach Implant Follow-up
Zhen et al.3) (2018) China Protrusio in RA RA 20 hips (18 patients) Prospective cohort 45.8±8.3 12:6 12.7 mm Uncemented with bone grafting Posterolateral approach Porous tantalum cups, 16 hips; titanium porous coated cups, 4; 4th generation ceramic-ceramic implantations, 8; polyethylene-lined ceramic implantations, 12 4.5±1.7 yr
Baghdadi et al.8) (2015) USA THA done in protrusio OA, 48 hips; RA, 15; sequele of septic arthritis, 2 65 hips (53 patients) Retrospective cohort 66 53:12 7±4 mm Uncemented
58 hips, impacted with morselized bone graft; 26 hips, supplementary screw fixation
Anterolateral, 34 procedures; posterior, 28; transtrochanteric, 3 Harris-Galante (HG)-I, 6 hips; Harris-Galante (HG)-II, 13; Omnifit, 17; Reflection™, 7; Porous-Coated Anatomic (PCA), 4; Press-Fit Condylar (PFC), 2; Elliptical, 1; Bi-Articular, 1; Trilogy®, 11; Hedrocel®, 3 15.4 yr
Dutka et al.10) (2011) Poland 1. THA done in patients with protrusion acetabuli with any etiology
2. Minimum 4-year follow-up
3. Full medical records available
RA, 122 hips; Otto’s disease, 6; psoriatic arthritis, 3; SLE, 2; acetabular fracture, 1; radiation damage, 1 135 hips (127 patients) Retrospective cohort 55.2 119:8 Grade 1, 48; grade 2, 36; grade 3, 21 128 hips, cemented; 7 hips, uncemented
Autogenous grafts, 97 hips; mixed grafts, 38
NA NA 12.7 yr
Mullaji et al.20) (2007) India 1. Primary THAs in significant protrusio acetabuli
2. Minimum follow-up of 2 years
RA, 14 patients; ankylosing spondylitis, 5; Idiopathic, 4 30 hips (23 patients) Prospective cohort 46 17:6 Grade 1, 8; grade 2, 10; grade 3, 12 Uncemented THR with morselized BG Anterolateral approach Duraloc porous-coated cups, 17 cases; Bicontact cups, 13
One screw used to augment, 15 cases; 2 screws used, 12; no screw used, 3
A porous-coated stem used 21 cases: Bicontact, 13; Summit, 8 Cemented Charnley stems used, 9 cases
4.2 yr
Krushell et al.15) (2008) England Primary THA of any cause with acetabular protrusio Inflammatory arthritis in 22 cases and OA in 7 cases 29 hips (27 patients) Retrospective cohort 66 20:7 Mean, 4.1 mm protrucio medial to Kohler’s line Uncemented, Autologous BG in all cases
Additional synthetic grafts, 3 cases
Posterolateral approach Beaded dual-geometry acetabular shell design with multilayer titanium MicroStructured porous ingrowth surface 4 yr
Baghdadi et al.2) (2013) USA All patients with protrusio acetabuli who had undergone primary THR with a minimum follow-up of 2 years Idiopathic, 117 hips; underlying inflammatory component, 38; genetic - 2, post infectious - 2, post radiation - 1, metabolic - 2 162 hips (127 patients) Retrospective cohort 66±13 112:15 7±5 mm Cemented, 55 hips (14/55 cemented hips, bone grafting)
Uncemented, 107 hips (83/107 uncemented hips, bone grafting done)
First-generation designs: Charnley, Aufranc Turner, Elliptical, Ti-Bac Cups
Second-generation designs: Harris-Galante (HG)-I, Harris-Galante (HG)-II, Omnifit, Reflection, Porous-Coated Anatomic, PressFit Condylar
Third-generation designs: Pinnacle, Trilogy, Hedrocel, Trident, Trabecular Metal Modular, Tritanium Hemispherical Cluster
10±6 yr
Hansen and Ries12) (2006) USA 1. Revision surgeries
2. Large medial defect with at least 50% radiographic projected acetabular bone loss
3. Minimum 2-year follow-up
OA in 9 patients, RA in 3, posttraumatic arthritis in 2, avascular necrosis in 1, PVNS in 1, and DDH in 1 19 hips (17 patients) Prospective cohort 66 13:9 10.5 mm Uncemented porous coated acetabular cup and morselized allograft Posterior approach+ extended trochanteric osteotomy if necessary Cementless hemispherical component with a widened peripheral rim 2.8 yr
Rosenberg et al.21) (2000) Netherlands 1. Patients diagnosed as RA with protrusio hip who under goes THA
2. Patients with minimum 8-year follow-up
RA 20 hips (16 patients) Prospective cohort 53 13:3 NA Cemented cups with Morselized allograft Posterolateral approach 32 mm polyethylene Mueller or Allopro cup 11.7 yr
Matsuno et al.18) (2000) Japan Patients diagnosed to have RA with protrusio hip RA 15 hips (13 patients) Prospective cohort 61.9 9:4 NA Uncemented with iliac crest and morsellised femoral head graft Aposterior approach MC cup supporter 53.6 mo
Gates et al.11) (1989) USA Painful progressive protrusio acetabuli RA, hemiarthroplasty, THA, OA 48 hips (40 patients) Prospective cohort 57.8 29:11 8.6 mm Cemented THA with medial acetabular reinforcement with BG Autologous BG, 39 hips; Allograft, 9 NA NA 12.3 yr
Kondo et al.14) (2002) Japan RA with protrusion acetabuli treated with THA
Minimum 9-year follow-up
RA 25 hips (19 patients) Prospective cohort 56.7 16:3 Grade 1, 8; grade 2, 13; grade 3, 4 Cemented with autologous graft NA NA 129.6 mo
Liu et al.17) (2023) China 1. RA
2. Moderate and severe in patients with acetabular protrusions in which the bottom of the acetabulum exceeded Kohler’s line in the pelvic AP radiography
RA 56 hips (45 patients) Prospective cohort 55.64±5.38 28:17 10.97±3.08 mm Uncemented THA with impacted bone grafting Posterolateral approach Biological total hip prostheses: A porous tantalum cup, 42 hips; sintered, three-dimensional, asymmetric, titanium, and porous-coated cups, 14; weight-bearing interfaces, 24; fourth-generation ceramic-on-ceramic implantations, and ceramic-on-highly cross-linked polyethylene, 32 5.20±1.20 yr
Zuh et al.23) (2015) Romania THA in protrusio Protrusion of unknown aetiology, 16 hips; RA, 6; protrusion secondary to tuberculous arthritis, 3; post-traumatic protrusion, 2; hip arthritis with thin medial acetabular wall, 12 39 hips (32 patients) Retrospective study 58.3±8.9 15:17 I, 15 hips; II, 9; III, 3; thin medial wall, 12 Medial acetabular wall – augmented by impaction bone grafting
Uncemented cup – all cases
Direct lateral approach 4.5 yr
Yun et al.22) (2021) USA THA in protrusio 5 patients, RA; 18 patients, idiopathic PA 23 THAs in 21 patients Retrospective study 68±9 19:2 Mild, 7 patients; moderate, 13; severe, 3 Morcellized femoral head autograft using Bone Mill, cementless acetabular cups Direct anterior approach 5.3 yr
Mibe et al.19) (2005) Japan Protrusio in RA RA 19 hips of 15 patients Retrospective 60.2 (48-75) All F 12 hips, grade 1; 3 hips, grade 2; 1 hip, grade 3
Medial-proximal type, 3 hips
THA using a support ring
All cups- cemented
Not mentioned 4 hips, TACT cup supporter; 1 hip, Kerboull plate; 6 hips, a Ganz ring; 5 hips, Müller ring 38 mo
Lee et al.16) (2022) Korea THA in protrusio RA, 14 hips; post-traumatic arthritis, 7; ankylosing spondylitis, 4; previous infection, 1 26 cementless THAs of 22 patients Retrospective study 59.9 17:5 Mild, 5 hips; moderate, 19; severe, 2 Uncemented THA, reinforcement acetabular components in 2 hips Kocher-Langenbeck approach PLASMACUP SC, 9 hips; Bencox cup, 7; Pinnacle cup, 5; G7 cup, 1; ABT cup, 1; Delta TT cup, 1
SPH reinforcement cups, 2 hips with defective rim of the acetabulum
5.1 yr
Figueras Coll et al.9) (2008) Spain THA in protrusio Severe arthrosis (50% of cases), protrusio due to hemiarthroplasties (15%), and rheumathoid arthritis (15%)
Aseptic loosening of the acetabular cup in THA, and some other causes- less common diagnoses
25 hips (25 patients) Retrospective study 71.1 16:9 Paproski’s classification – 20 type IIa cases, 4 type IIb and 1 type IIc Cemented acetabular cup, autogenous morcellized bone-graft and acetabular wiremesh Anterolateral Charnley stem and cemented cup (7 right and 18 left hips) 8.6 yr
Johnsson et al.13) (1984) Sweden Protrusio in RA RA 27 hips (25 patients) Retrospective study 56 (29-76) 21:4 Joint destruction according to Larsen and Larsen et al. 12 hips, grade IV; 15 hips, grade V
Mean acetabular protrusion, 6 mm
Spongious bone chips from the trochanter and/or the femoral head, and iliac crest, 10 cases – thin titanium net
A high density polyethylene (HDPE) protrusion cup – last 5 cases
26 hips, postero-lateral; 1 hip, anterior approach without trochanteric osteotomy Lubinus (25) and McKee-Arden (2) types 2 yr

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or mean (range).

F: female, M: male, RA: rheumatoid arthritis, THA: total hip arthroplasty, OA: osteoarthritis, SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus, NA: not available, THR: total hip replacement, BG: bone graft, PVNS: pigmented villonodular synovitis, DDH: developmental dysplasia of hip, AP: anteroposterior, PA: protrusio acetabuli.