Table 5.
Details of major complications and reoperations up to 12 months
| Gender | Age (years) | Time of event from index operation (days) | Event | Number of reoperations | Time of death from index operation (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cemented (n = 8) | |||||
| Male | 81 | 47 | Fracture of the trochanter after new trauma; treated nonoperatively | 0 | 203 |
| Female | 76 | 20 | Dislocation treated with open reduction, reaming of the acetabulum, and exchange of the modular head and the bipolar head | 1 | 33 |
| Female | 87 | Intraoperative periprosthetic fracture during preparation of the femoral canal; discovered on postoperative radiographs and treated with plate fixation 5 days after index operation | 1 | Not dead | |
| Female | 88 | 21 | Dislocation treated with open reduction, subsequent redislocation next day, treated with conversion THA with a cemented acetabular cup and a posterior labrum augmentation device | 2 | Not dead |
| Female | 84 | 12 | Dislocation treated with open reduction; deep infection and redislocation 24 days later treated with open reduction and soft tissue débridement and intravenous antibiotics; redislocation after 12 more days treated with a Girdlestone procedure | 3 | 86 |
| Female | 86 | 41 | Dislocation treated with closed reduction, repeated after new dislocation 17 days later; subsequent redislocation treated with conversion THA with an antiluxation acetabular cup | 1 | Not dead |
| Female | 81 | 17 | Deep infection treated with soft tissue débridement and intravenous antibiotics | 1 | Not dead |
| Male | 79 | 7 | Dislocation treated with closed reduction; redislocation 5 days later treated with conversion THA with an antiluxation acetabular cup; positive intraoperative bacterial cultures, treated with intravenous antibiotics; redislocation 34 days later treated with a Girdlestone procedure | 2 | 52 |
| Uncemented (n = 11) | |||||
| Male | 81 | 6 | Dislocation after 6 and 11 days; both times treated with open reduction, second time with reaming of the acetabulum | 2 | 31 |
| Female | 90 | 18 | Deep infection treated with soft tissue débridement, intravenous antibiotics, and exchange of modular and bipolar head | 1 | 57 |
| Female | 88 | 1 | Dislocation treated with closed reduction | 0 | 8 |
| Female | 79 | Intraoperative fracture of the trochanter treated with cerclage wiring, and intraoperative fracture at the distal tip of the prosthesis treated nonoperatively | 0 | Not dead | |
| Male | 91 | 36 | Periprosthetic fracture after new trauma; treated with revision hemiarthroplasty and cerclage wiring | 1 | 90 |
| Female | 85 | Intraoperative fracture at the distal tip of the prosthesis treated nonoperatively | 0 | Not dead | |
| Female | 84 | 80 | Undisplaced fracture of the trochanter treated nonoperatively; dislocation 26 days later treated with conversion THA with a cemented acetabular cup and a posterior labrum augmentation device | 1 | 170 |
| Female | 79 | 80 | Periprosthetic fracture after new trauma; treated with plate fixation | 1 | 339 |
| Male | 85 | 21 | Dislocation treated with closed reduction, subsequent redislocation the next day treated with a Girdlestone procedure owing to the condition of the patient | 1 | 60 |
| Female | 94 | 58 | Interprosthetic dislocation treated with open reduction and exchange of a standard to a +12-mm modular head; subsequent periprosthetic fracture treated with revision cemented hemiarthroplasty and cerclage wires | 2 | Not dead |
| Male | 90 | 9 | Periprosthetic fracture treated with plate fixation | 1 | 278 |