Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty Using the COREN Hip System: A Minimum Five-Year Follow-up Study / 대한고관절학회지

PURPOSE: This study presents the clinical and radiological outcomes of cementless total hip arthroplasty using the COREN hip system after a minimum duration of follow-up of 5 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We evaluated the results of a consecutive series of the first 200 primary total hip arthroplasties that had been performed in our hospital in 169 patients between February 2007 and April 2011. Six patients (6 hips) had died within 5 years, and 12 patients (13 hips) had been lost to follow-up, leaving a total of 151 patients (181 hips) available for the study. All patients were evaluated clinically and radiologically with special attention to thigh pain, implant fixation, radiolucent line and osteolysis around implants. RESULTS: The mean Harris hip score improved from 59.4 preoperatively to 97.2 postoperatively. No patient complained of thigh pain. All implants demonstrated radiographic evidence of stable fixation by bone ingrowth without any change in position. No implant was loose radiographically or was revised. Eleven hips (7.7%) had a radiolucent line around the femoral stem. Focal osteolytic area was detected in 3 cases (2.1%). An osteolytic lesion was stabilized in 1 case and further observation was needed in 2 cases in which the lesions were detected several years after surgery. Stress shielding was observed in 80.3% of cases (first degree, 35.9%; second degree, 44.4%); there were no cases of third or fourth degree stress shielding. One case was complicated by bacterial infection and repeated dislocation. CONCLUSION: Mid-term results of total hip arthroplasty using the COREN hip system are very encouraging clinically and radiologically.

Minimum Seven-year Follow-up of Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty with the COREN Hip System / 대한고관절학회지

PURPOSE: We previously reported results of a mean 3.2-year follow-up of the COREN hip system, which is the first total hip prosthesis developed in Korea. The aim of this prospective study was to update the previous report with regard to the hip function and radiographic implant performance. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between 2003 and 2004, a consecutive series of 68 primary, cementless, total hip prostheses (COREN) were implanted in 57 patients(68 hips) and followed up for a minimum of 7 years. Sixty-three of the 68 hips were available for clinical scoring and radiographic analysis. RESULTS: The mean Harris hip and WOMAC scores were improved from 48.1 and 54.7, preoperatively, to 96.4 and 22.1 at the final follow-up. The mean patient activity increased from 3.1, preoperatively, to 8.2 at the final follow-up. All hips showed stable bony ingrowth on the radiographs. No hips showed evidence of osteolysis or prosthesis loosening, and no revision was required during the follow-up. A Periprosthetic fracture (Vancouver type B1) was encountered in one hip 4.7 years after surgery, which was treated by reoperation. CONCLUSION: This study shows that the COREN hip system produces excellent mid-term results in cementless hip arthroplasty.

Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty with Use of the COREN Hip System

PURPOSE: To report the results of a minimum three-year follow-up of cementless total hip arthroplasty using the COREN Hip System(R) (Corentec, Seoul, Korea), which is the first total hip prosthesis developed in Korea. MATERIALS & METHODS: A total of 57 patients (68 hips) who had undergone cementless total hip arthroplasty using the COREN Hip System(R) between July 2003 and March 2004 were analyzed clinically and radiographically after a minimum follow-up of three years after the index arthroplasty. RESULTS: The mean Harris hip score improved from 46 points preoperatively to 95 points at the one-year follow-up and to 99 points at the three-year follow-up. All the patients reported a good or excellent satisfaction with the results of surgery. All prostheses showed radiographic evidence of stable bony fixation, and no hips showed evidence of osteolysis or prosthesis loosening. During the follow-up period, there were no complications such as a deep infection, dislocation or ceramic fracture in any hip, and no revision surgery was required. CONCLUSION: The clinical and radiographic evaluations of Cementless total hip arthroplasty using the COREN Hip System(R) showed excellent outcomes after a minimum follow-up duration of three years.