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What Host Factors Affect Aseptic Loosening After THA and TKA?

Authors: Jeffrey J. Cherian, DO, Julio J. Jauregui, MD, Samik Banerjee, MD, Todd Pierce, MD, Michael A. Mont, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 8/2015

Abstract

Background

Aseptic loosening is the most common cause for revisions after lower-extremity total joint arthroplasties, however studies differ regarding the degree to which host factors influence loosening.

Questions/purpose

We performed a systematic review to determine which host factors play a role in the development of clinical and/or radiographic failure from aseptic loosening after (1) THA and (2) TKA.

Methods

Two searches on THA and TKA, respectively, using four electronic databases (EMBASE, CINAHL Plus, PubMed, and Scopus) were conducted. We identified a total of 209 reports that encompassed nine potential host factors affecting aseptic loosening. Inclusion criteria for consideration of scientific clinical reports were that 20 or more patients were involved, with more than 1-year followup, with at least three studies pertaining to each factor, and at least six of the Methodological Index for Non-randomized Studies criteria met, and with raw data for odds ratio (OR) calculations. Twenty-one studies (16 THA studies with 45,779 hips and five TKA studies with 288 knees, respectively) were used to calculate weighted OR and CIs (using the random effects theory) and study heterogeneity for four different host factors in THAs (male sex, high activity level, obesity defined as BMI ≥ 30 kg/m², and current or former tobacco use) and one factor in TKA (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²), which were placed in a forest plot.

Results

For THA, male sex (OR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.22–1.58; p = 0.001) and high activity level (University of California Los Angeles [UCLA] activity score ≥ 8 points; OR, 4.24; 95% CI, 2.46–7.31; p = 0.001) were associated with aseptic loosening. However, obesity (OR, 1.01; 95% CI, 0.73–1.40; p = 0.96), and tobacco use (OR, 1.96; 95% CI, 0.43–8.97; p = 0.39) were not associated with an increased risk of aseptic loosening after THA with the numbers available. For TKA, we found no host factors associated with loosening. In particular, obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²) was not associated with aseptic loosening with the numbers available (OR, 2.28; 95% CI, 0.60–8.62; p = 0.22).

Conclusions

Patients undergoing a lower-extremity total joint arthroplasty who engage in impact sports should be counseled regarding their potential increased risk of aseptic loosening; however, given the weak evidence available, we believe that higher-level studies are necessary to clearly define the risk factors, particularly with newer-generation constructs.

Level of Evidence

Level IV, therapeutic study.

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Title: What Host Factors Affect Aseptic Loosening After THA and TKA?
Authors: Jeffrey J. Cherian, DO
Julio J. Jauregui, MD
Samik Banerjee, MD
Todd Pierce, MD
Michael A. Mont, MD
Publication date: 01-08-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 8/2015
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-015-4220-2

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What Host Factors Affect Aseptic Loosening After THA and TKA?

Abstract

Background

Questions/purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Level of Evidence

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Abstract

Background

Questions/purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Level of Evidence

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