Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for 39,125 total hip arthroplasty operations in Finland from 1998 to 2007
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Total no. of operations | 39,125 | 100 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 16,849 | 43.1 |
| Age | ||
| < 50 years | 1,044 | 2.7 |
| 50–59 years | 5,929 | 15.2 |
| 60–69 years | 12,991 | 33.2 |
| 70–79 years | 15,258 | 39.0 |
| ≥ 80 years | 3,903 | 10.0 |
| Operation | ||
| Bilateral | 1,373 | 3.5 |
| Cemented | 18,072 | 46.2 |
| Cementless | 14,769 | 37.7 |
| Hybrid | 6,284 | 16.1 |
| Bone grafts | 1,468 | 3.8 |
| Intravenous prophylactic antibiotics | 38,535 | 98.5 |
| Operations with the 10 most common | ||
| stem and cup pairs | 22,271 | 56.9 |
| The 10 most common stem and cup pairs | ||
| 1 Exeter Universal / Contemporary | 5,925 | 15.1 |
| 2 Spectron EF / Reflection All-Poly | 2,868 | 7.3 |
| 3 Exeter Universal / Exeter All-Poly | 2,838 | 7.3 |
| 4 Biomet Collarless / Biomet Vision | 2,210 | 5.6 |
| 5 Link Lubinus SP II / Link IP Acetabular Cups | 1,712 | 4.4 |
| 6 ABG II / ABG II | 1,617 | 4.1 |
| 7 ABG HA / ABG II | 1,436 | 3.7 |
| 8 Link Lubinus SP II / Link Lubinus Eccentric | 1,430 | 3.7 |
| 9 Biomet Collarless / Recap (Biomet) | 1,284 | 3.3 |
| 10 Biomet Collarless / M2A 38 Flared Acetabular Cup |
951 | 2.4 |