ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Clinical and radiological results of non-cement impaction bone-graft method of total hip arthroplasty for rheumatoid arthritis

Authors

Yuichi Mochida¹, Izumi Saito¹, Yasushi Akamatsu², Naoya Taki², Naoto Mitsugi² and Tomoyuki Saito²

1. Department of Chronic Intractable Disease Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama 232-0024, Japan
2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan

Received:

19 December 2006

Accepted:

16 February 2007

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Abstract

We performed total hip arthroplasty using the non-cement impaction auto-bone-grafting method with the resected femoral head for acetabular protrusion that is not combined with the destruction of acetabular rim or dysplasia of the hip joint. Ten patients (eight women and two men) with rheumatoid arthritis who showed acetabular protrusion underwent total hip arthroplasty using this method. All patients were able to walk with full weight within 5 days after surgery. The short-term results of our cases were very good. The postoperative periods of the radiographic-bone incorporation of the grafting bone were 2 months after surgery in four joints, 3 months after surgery in four joints, and 4 months after surgery in three joints. There were no cases that showed any migration or radiolucency around the acetabular component at the time of follow-up. Our operative technique is simple and easy, and it is a useful method for the treatment of protrusion in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Key words

Bone graft - Rheumatoid arthritis - Surgical technique - Total hip arthroplasty