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01-12-2016 | Original Article • HIP - ARTHROPLASTY
The use of a “rim cutter” device and a flanged cup for improving the mantle of the acetabular component of a cemented Exeter total hip arthroplasty
Authors:
Jenaro Ángel Fernández-Valencia, Xavier Gallart, Guillem Bori, Juan Miguel Rodríguez-Roiz, Andreu Combalia
Published in:
European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology
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Issue 8/2016
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Abstract
A retrospective study was performed to evaluate the cement mantle in two groups of patients treated with the acetabular components of cemented Exeter total hip arthroplasties (THAs). Two groups of 20 patients were compared: Group 1 received non-flanged acetabular cemented cups (Contemporary, Stryker) and Group 2 received flanged acetabular cemented cups (X3 Rim Fit, Stryker). Cups in Group 2 were implanted after using a rim cutter device. Group 2 showed better penetration of cement in zone 1 (10.76 mm compared with 2.93 mm; p = 0.008) and a thicker cement mantle in zone 1 (3.57 mm compared with 2.89 mm; p = 0.04). More cups in Group 2 had a cement mantle thickness less than 3 mm (30 % in Group 1 compared with 70 % in Group 2; p = 0.0039). No other radiological differences were observed. These results favor the use of a rim cutter device and flanged cup to improve the cement mantle for the acetabular components of cemented Exeter THAs. However, the improvements were less than expected. In view of the results of previous studies, further research is therefore needed to assess the value of this approach in improving the acetabular cement mantle.