Minimum 2-Year Outcomes of a Modern Monoblock Titanium Fluted Tapered Revision Stem for Complex Primary and Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty

Yousef Alqahtani; Lyndsay E Somerville; Edward M Vasarhelyi; James L Howard; Brent A Lanting; Douglas D R Naudie; Steven J MacDonald; Richard W McCalden

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2024.03.035

Minimum 2-Year Outcomes of a Modern Monoblock Titanium Fluted Tapered Revision Stem for Complex Primary and Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty

J Arthroplasty. 2024 Mar 22:S0883-5403(24)00251-1. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.03.035. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Yousef Alqahtani¹, Lyndsay E Somerville², Edward M Vasarhelyi², James L Howard², Brent A Lanting², Douglas D R Naudie², Steven J MacDonald², Richard W McCalden²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Clinical Fellow in Hip and Knee Adult Reconstruction, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University and London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University and London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 38521249
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.03.035

Abstract

Background: Modular titanium fluted tapered (TFT) stems have demonstrated excellent clinical success for femoral revision total hip arthroplasty (THA) surgery. This study reports the short-term outcomes of a novel modern monoblock TFT stem used for revision and complex primary THA with a minimum of 2 years of follow-up.

Methods: We identified 126 patients who received a single monoblock TFT stem: 26 patients for complex THA (failed fracture fixation) and 100 patients for revision THA. The reasons for revision THA included 40 for previous periprosthetic joint infection, 42 for aseptic loosening, 9 for trunnionosis, and 9 for periprosthetic fractures. The Paprosky grading for femoral bone loss at the time of surgery and the measured subsidence of femoral stems at 3-month follow-up were determined. We evaluated the number and indications for reoperations.

Results: The mean time from surgery was 3.9 years (range, 2.0 to 6.9). A paired t-test analysis showed significant improvement from preoperative versus postoperative clinical outcome scores (P < .001) for Harris Hip Score (38.76 ± 15.24 versus 83.42 ± 15.38), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (45.6 ± 19.0 versus 69.9 ± 21.3), Veterans RAND 12 Item Health Survey Physical component (31.7 ± 8.1 versus 37.8 ± 11.3), and Veterans RAND 12 Item Health Survey Mental component (48.2 ± 12.2 versus 51.6 ± 12.5). The Paprosky grading for femoral bone loss was Grade 1 (3.9%), Grade 2 (35.7%), Grade 3A (47.6%), Grade 3B (11.1%), and Grade 4 (1.6%) cases. There were 18 reoperations (14.7%), with 13 for periprosthetic joint infection (7 treated with implant retention and 6 treated with a 2-stage revision), 4 for instability, and 1 for acetabular aseptic loosening. There were no aseptic failures of the stem.

Conclusions: This novel modern monoblock TFT stem provided reliable femoral fixation and has increasingly supplanted the use of modular TFT stems for complex primary and revision surgery in our institution.

Keywords: monoblock stems; outcomes; revision total hip arthroplasty; survival; titanium fluted tapered stems.