Primary total hip arthroplasty with the AML total hip prosthesis.

Primary total hip arthroplasty using an uncemented AML total hip prosthesis (trispiked cup and a 4/5 porous coated stem) was performed in 50 patients (52 hips). The average age of the patients at the time of surgery was 47.6 years (range, 19-68 years), and the diagnosis was osteonecrosis of the femoral head in 18 hips, osteoarthritis in 16, fracture of the femoral neck in 14, osteoarthrosis secondary to childhood pyogenic arthritis in two, childhood tuberculous arthritis in one, and traumatic arthritis in one. The average followup was 11.3 years (range, 11-12 years). The average preoperative Harris Hip Score was 59 points, which improved to 90 points. Twenty-five (48%) hips had excellent results, 14 (27%) had good results, three (6%) had fair results, and 10 (19%) had poor results. The overall rate of revision was 15% (eight hips). The rate of revision of the femoral component was 2% (one hip), and the rate of revision of the acetabular component was 15% (eight hips). Twenty (38%) hips had acetabular and femoral osteolysis. Nine (17%) hips had femoral osteolysis only. Thirty-four (65%) hips had an average of 3.3 mm (range, 2-12 mm) of wear in the polyethylene liner. The average wear rate was 0.29 mm (range, 0.17 to 1.04 mm) per year.

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