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Article: New hip replacements study findings have been reported by L.C. Biant and colleagues.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- May 19, 2008
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"This prospective study presents the ten-year ( 5 to 16) clinical and radiological results of 55 primary total hip replacements ( THR) using a cementless modular femoral component ( S-ROM). All patients had a significant anatomical abnormality which rendered the primary THR difficult," scientists in Stanmore, the United Kingdom report (see also
Hip Replacements
).
"The mean Harris hip score was 36 ( 12 to 72) pre-operatively, 83 ( 44 to 100) at five years, and 85 ( 45 to 99) at ten years. The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities osteoarthritis index ( WOMAC) and short-form ( SF)-12 scores were recorded from the year 2000. The mean SF-12 score at five years ...