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. 2012 Aug 28;471(2):430–438. doi: 10.1007/s11999-012-2547-5

Table 1.

Patient demographics, failure rates, component details, and metal ion concentrations

Variable Overall THA Resurfacing
Number of hips 190 149 41
 Primary 143 122 41
 Revision 27 27
Number of patients 172 131 41
Followup (months)* 40 (12–74) 36 (12–61) 54 (12–74)
Male:female (number of hips) 126:64 93:56 33:08
Age (years)* 50 (17–78) 50 (17–78) 50 (33–65)
Harris hip score (points)* 92 (24–100) 91 (24–100) 93 (56–100)
VAS pain score (points)* 1.9 (0–8) 2.0 (0–8) 1.7 (0–8)
Cup inclination (°)* 46 (35–61) 46 (34–61) 47 (39–59)
Femoral head diameter (mm)* 49 (40–57) 49 (40–55) 50 (45–57)
Number of patients with known metal ion levels 93 78 15
 Cobalt (μg/L)* 13 (0–150) 14 (0–150) 12 (0–126)
 Chromium (μg/L)* 6 (0–87) 5 (0–87) 7 (0–60)
Revisions (number of hips) 24 19 5
Revision rate (%) 13 13 12
Time to revision (months)* 45 (12–75) 43 (12–65) 49 (24–75)
Failure mode (number of hips)
 Metallosis 9 (4.7%) 9 (6.0%)
 Aseptic cup loosening 8 (4.2%) 6 (4.0%) 2 (4.9%)
 Periprosthetic fracture 2 (1.1%) 2 (4.9%)
 Infection 2 (1.1%) 2 (1.3%)
 Cup malposition 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.7%)
 Aseptic femoral loosening 1 (0.5%) 1 (2.4%)
 Heterotopic ossification 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.7%)

* Values are expressed as mean, with range in parentheses.