The final follow-up plain radiograph is sufficient for clinical evaluation of polyethylene wear in total hip arthroplasty.

Background and purpose Radiostereometric analysis (RSA) is a highly accurate tool for assessment of polyethylene (PE) wear in total hip arthroplasty (THA); however, PE wear measurements in clinical studies are often limited to plain radiographs. We evaluated the agreement between PE wear measured wi...

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Published in:Acta Orthopaedica Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 570 - 579
Main Authors: Stilling, Maiken, Larsen, Kristian, Andersen, Niels T, Søballe, Kjeld, Kold, Søren, Rahbek, Ole
Format: diagnostic images equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Medical Journals Sweden AB Oct2010
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          Stilling, Maiken
          Larsen, Kristian
          Andersen, Niels T
          Søballe, Kjeld
          Kold, Søren
          Rahbek, Ole
        affil: Department of Orthopedics, Aarhus University Hospital
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          Radiostereometric Analysis
          Polyethylenes
          Orthopedic Prosthesis Evaluation
          Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
          Hip Joint Radiography
          Prosthesis Failure
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          Concurrent Validity
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      ab: Background and purpose Radiostereometric analysis (RSA) is a highly accurate tool for assessment of polyethylene (PE) wear in total hip arthroplasty (THA); however, PE wear measurements in clinical studies are often limited to plain radiographs. We evaluated the agreement between PE wear measured with PolyWare software, which uses plain radiographs, and by model-based RSA, which uses stereo radiographs. Methods Measurements of PE wear postoperatively and at final follow-up (after mean 6 years) on plain radiographs of 12 patients after cementless THA were evaluated with PolyWare software and the results were compared with those from RSA as the gold standard (Model-based RSA using elementary geometrical shape models; EGS-RSA). With PolyWare, we either used the final radiographic follow-up (PW1) only or both the postoperative follow-up and the final follow-up (PW2). Results The 2D mean wear measured (in mm) was 0.80, 1.07, and 0.60 for the PW2, PW1, and RSA method. 2D intra-method repeatability was similar for PW1 and RSA with limits of agreement (LOAs, in mm) of ± 0.22, and ± 0.23, respectively. 2D inter-method concurrent validity was best between PW1 and EGS-RSA with LOAs of ± 0.55. For 2D linear wear measurements, the PW1 method had a clinical repeatability similar to that of RSA. Interpretation PW1 is sufficient for retrospective determination of 2D wear from medium-term wear measurements above 0.5 mm, It alleviates the need for baseline plain radiographs, has a clinical precision similar to that of RSA, and is easy and inexpensive to use.
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