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. 2013 Nov 19;472(5):1518–1525. doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-3377-9

Table 4.

Data for patients with failed revision THAs

Patient number Age (years) Gender Comorbidities Preoperative diagnosis Type of revision Highly cross-linked polyethylene? Reason for failure Time after revision (months) Type of rerevision
1 45 M None Instability Head/liner exchange Yes Instability 110 Acetabular and femoral
2 46 F None Loosening Acetabular and femoral Yes Loosening 54 Acetabular
3 23 F Sickle cell anemia Loosening Acetabular No Infection 23 Explant
4 25 M None Osteolysis Head/liner exchange No Loosening 76 Acetabular
5 47 F Systemic lupus erythematosus Osteolysis Acetabular Yes Loosening 12 Acetabular
6 47 F Systemic lupus erythematosus Loosening Femoral Yes Loosening 98 Acetabular
7 22 F None Osteolysis Head/liner exchange No Instability 1 Head/liner exchange
8 53 F None Instability Head/liner exchange Yes Instability 17 Acetabular
9 53 F Systemic lupus erythematosus Liner Dissociation Head/liner exchange No Instability 1 Acetabular
10 23 F Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Osteolysis Head/liner exchange No Liner Dissociation 58 Head/liner exchange
11 53 F None Liner Dissociation Head/liner exchange No Loosening 114 Acetabular
12 31 F None Instability Head/liner exchange No Gluteus medius tendon tear 56 Head/liner exchange
13 45 F Systemic lupus erythematosus Loosening Acetabular Yes Instability 1 Head/liner exchange
14 43 F None Loosening Femoral No Osteolysis 110 Head/liner exchange
15 44 F None Loosening Femoral No Osteolysis 169 Head/liner exchange
16 49 M None Loosening Femoral No Loosening 156 Femoral
17 46 F Rheumatoid Arthritis Loosening Acetabular No Infection 81 Explant
18 46 F Systemic lupus erythematosus, renal failure Wear Head/liner exchange Yes Fractured Liner 22 Acetabular
19 54 F Rheumatoid Arthritis Instability Acetabular Yes Instability 9 Head/liner exchange
20 42 F None Osteolysis Acetabular Yes Loosening 10 Acetabular
21 44 F Systemic lupus erythematosus Osteolysis Head/liner exchange No Instability 13 Acetabular
22 49 F Systemic lupus erythematosus Loosening Acetabular and femoral Yes Instability 41 Acetabular
23 44 M None Loosening Femoral No Infection 40 Explant
24 52 F Systemic lupus erythematosus Leg length discrepancy Head/liner exchange No Instability 69 Acetabular
25 50 M None Loosening Acetabular Yes Loosening 22 Acetabular
26 54 F None Osteolysis Head/liner exchange No Osteolysis 88 Acetabular
27 48 F Rheumatoid arthritis Fractured stem Femoral Wear 97 Head/liner exchange
28 44 F None Loosening Acetabular Yes Instability 9 Head/liner exchange
29 34 F None Loosening Acetabular Yes Loosening 132 Acetabular
30 40 M None Loosening Acetabular Yes Loosening 11 Acetabular
31 51 F None Loosening Acetabular Yes Loosening 92 Femoral
32 37 M None Osteolysis Head/liner exchange No Loosening 61 Acetabular