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The European school of total hip arthroplasty and 35 years of total hip arthroplasty in the Czech Republic.

The development of the European total hip arthroplasty in the sixties of 20th century is associated mainly with the names of G. K. McKee, J. Charnley and M. E. Muller. The SICOT meeting in Paris in 1966 introduced THA as a new method of treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip and paved the way for the commercialization of the manufacturing of prostheses. The success of this method consisted primarily in the fixation of individual components by bone cement and application of metal-to-polyethylene and metal-to-metal joints. The book presents these historical events as they have been reflected in the development of THA in the countries of the former Czechoslovakia and in the development of implants of domestic provenance. The development of THA in the former Czechoslovakia started in 1969 and was based on the Swiss school established by M. E. Muller. The Muller component with the "banana-shaped" stem was implanted using the Watson-Jones approach, the proximal femur canal was prepared by a rasp and the Palacos cement was used. This prosthesis served also as the model for the first Czech implant Poldi-Cech of I generation (the Chirulen cup available in three sizes, the "banana- shaped" femoral component with a 32 mm head-diameter and 130 degree neck-shaft angle) the development of which started in 1969 and the serial production began in 1972 in the Poldi Kladno steel company. Fatigue fractures of the "banana-shaped" stem led to the development of the concept of a femoral component with an "anatomical" stem. In Switzerland, this concept was developed by B. G. Weber. In the former Czechoslovakia the development of a new femoral component with an "anatomical" stem following the shape of the intramedullary canal with an ovoid profile and without sharp edges started in 1972. Due to the incidence of fatigue fractures of the "banana-shaped"stem and material that was not sufficiently strong (steel used for the production of osteosynthetic components), 144 degree neck-shaft angle was chosen. Reduction of the effect of bending forces on the valgus stem had eliminated fatigue fractures. This Poldi-Cech prosthesis of II generation was provided in nine sizes. The diameter of the head remained the same. Three Chirulen cups were supplemented with a "flat" cup for implantation in a dysplastic acetabulum. The prosthesis was implanted with an exact instrument set (reamer for acetabular preparation, rasp for proximal femoral preparation, alignment device for accurate positioning of both the cup and the femoral component) with the use of the Palacos cement. The production of the Poldi-Cech prosthesis of II. generation started in 1974 with the fabrication of a monoblock. Since 1986 it has been developed into a modular system (14/16 cone) with the possibility to use a ceramic head of 32 mm diameter (only in the nineties the cone size was changed to 12/14 and the heads were provided also in the 28 mm diameter). The Poldi-Cech prosthesis of II generation with the "anatomical" stem has been implanted since 1974 (i. e. during 30 years) in more than 140 000 patients in the Czech and Slovak Republics. In the same year cemented monoblock hemiarthroplasty was developed on the same basis as THA using the same "anatomical" stem and 36 to 60mm head diameter. Until now more than 35,000 of these hemiarthroplasty systems have been implanted. Until 1992 the Poldi-Cech implant was practically the only available cemented total hip replacement in the former Czechoslovakia and retrospectively it may be considered a highly successful implant. In the authors' view, the further development of THA will lead in the following years to the use of implants proved by a long-term follow-up. Preference will be given to prostheses the implantation of which will require a minimal loss of the bone stock during primary surgery and which will allow a technically easy reimplantation. The continental Europe has been recently preferring hybrid prostheses while Scandinavia witnesses an evident increase in the number of implanted cemented prostheses to the detriment of the cementless and hybrid ones. Naturally, cementless prostheses will keep dominating in young patients.

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip↗

The postoperative drain-clamping method for hemostasis in total knee arthroplasty. Reducing postoperative bleeding in total knee arthroplasty.

We attempted to decrease the amount of postoperative bleeding after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) by clamping the suction drain and through retrograde infusion of saline containing a low concentration of epinephrine. When TKA was completed and the sutured wound was bandaged, 50 ml of saline containing epinephrine diluted to 1:200,000 and 0.5 g of antibiotic was injected into the knee joint via the inserted suction drain. The drain was clamped for 20 hours and then unclamped to begin aspiration until 48 hours after surgery. To clarify the effectiveness of this method, patients were divided into three groups. Group I consisted of 116 knees (in 95 patients) infused with 50 ml saline containing a low dose of epinephrine: Group II was composed of 70 knees (42 patients) infused with 50 ml saline only; and Group III included 97 knees (78 patients) who did not undergo this drain-clamp method. The average amount of postoperative bleeding was 207 ml in Group I, 255 ml in Group II (p < 0.01), and 501 ml in Group III (p < 0.001). With this method of using saline with a low dose of epinephrine and sustained clamping of up to 20 hours, we have been able to operate on elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis without blood transfusion, even in cases of simultaneous bilateral TKA. Drain-clamping with saline infusion effectively controlled postoperative bleeding after TKA, and when epinephrine was added to the saline, the hemostatic effect was even greater than that of saline alone.

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Total elbow arthroplasty in the face of significant bone stock or soft tissue losses. Preliminary results of custom-fit arthroplasty.

There is a class of patients with severe bone stock or soft tissue losses who remain an unsolved problem in elbow reconstruction. The authors report the results of 16 such patients who underwent 16 total elbow replacements. Follow-up averaged 4.0 years (range, 2.0-9.6 years). Fourteen patients had previous surgery on their elbows and three had been previously infected. Fourteen of the 16 patients had a good or excellent result, and overall elbow scores averaged 90 (range, 53-100). There were three reoperations and one case of nonprogressive circumferential lucent lines about a humeral component with clinical symptoms. There were no other cases of clinical or radiographic implant loosening and no implant fractures. The preliminary results of this study indicate that custom-fit total elbow arthroplasty offers acceptable functional results in a devastated elbow when normal methods of reconstruction are not suitable.

Elbow Joint↗

Comparison of general anesthesia with and without lumbar epidural for total hip arthroplasty: effects of epidural block on hip arthroplasty.

STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine whether lumbar epidural anesthesia, when combined with general anesthesia, decreases perioperative blood loss, the incidence of postoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT), cardiac dysrhythmias, and ischemia in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA). DESIGN: Randomized, controlled study. SETTING: A university hospital. PATIENTS: 37 ASA physical status I, II, and III patients, undergoing elective THA. INTERVENTION: Patients were divided into two statistically comparable groups: Group GA = general anesthesia; Group CEGA = general anesthesia plus lumbar epidural anesthesia. All patients had 48-hour perioperative Holter monitoring, applied on admission, the day prior to surgery. In both groups, general anesthesia was induced with thiopental sodium and muscle relaxant, and maintained with oxygen, nitrous oxide, isoflurane, opioid, and muscle relaxant. Group B received lumbar epidural anesthesia with 10 ml 0.5% bupivacaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine prior to anesthesia induction. Blood loss was measured by suction bottle contents, sponge weights, and collection drainage. DVT was assessed with postoperative leg scanning, plethysmography, and venogram. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Intraoperative blood loss was less after combined epidural-general anesthesia (663.8 ml +/- 299.0 ml) than after general anesthesia alone (1,259.2 ml +/- 366.0 ml). The difference was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.00005). No difference was found between the two groups in postoperative blood loss, incidence of DVT, cardiac dysrhythmias, or ischemia. CONCLUSION: Combined regional-general anesthesia decreases intraoperative blood loss in THA, and thereby offers an advantage over general anesthesia alone.

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Antibiotic prophylaxis in total hip arthroplasty. Review of 10,905 primary cemented total hip replacements reported to the Norwegian arthroplasty register, 1987 to 1995.

We have assessed the effect of different regimes of antibiotic prophylaxis on the survival of total hip implants, comparing antibiotics administered both systemically and in the bone cement, systemically only, in the bone cement only and with no antibiotics given. We studied 10,905 primary cemented total hip replacements, performed for osteoarthritis of the hip and reported to the Norwegian arthroplasty register between 1987 and 1995. Cox-estimated failure-rate ratios (FRR) are presented with adjustment for gender, age, the brand of cement, the prosthesis, the type of operating theatre and the operating time. For revisions performed for infection (39 operations), the lowest rate of revision was found among patients receiving antibiotic-containing cement plus systemic antibiotics (n = 5804). The revision rate for the 4586 patients receiving systemic antibiotics only was 4.3 times greater (95% CI 1.7 to 11.0, p = 0.001); in 239 with antibiotics in the bone cement only it was 6.3 times greater (CI 1.6 to 25.0, p = 0.003); and in the 276 who did not receive antibiotics it was by 11.5 times greater (CI 2.1 to 63.0, p = 0.002). Adjustment for the total amount of systemic antibiotic administered did not change the results. We also observed an increased revision rate for aseptic loosening (109 operations) comparing the systemic-only (FRR = 1.8, CI 1.1 to 2.9, p = 0.01) and the cement-only regimes (FRR = 2.6, CI 1.2 to 5.9, p = 0.02) with the combined dosage. Our findings show that systemic antibiotics combined with antibiotic-containing bone cement led to fewer revisions than the other methods.

Antibiotic Prophylaxis↗

The effect of the type of cement on early revision of Charnley total hip prostheses. A review of eight thousand five hundred and seventy-nine primary arthroplasties from the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register.

We studied the survival of 8579 Charnley prostheses, in 7922 patients, according to the different types of cement that had been used. All of the patients had had a primary total hip replacement for primary coxarthrosis. The mean duration of follow-up was 3.2 years (range, zero to 6.4 years). The data were collected from the national Norwegian Arthroplasty Register. The duration of survival was defined as the time to revision due to aseptic loosening. The Kaplan-Meier estimate of survival at 5.5 years for the 1226 femoral components that had been implanted with low-viscosity cement was 94.1 per cent (95 per cent confidence interval, 92.1 to 96.2 per cent), compared with 98.1 per cent (95 per cent confidence interval, 97.5 to 98.6 per cent) for the 6589 components that had been implanted with high-viscosity cement (p < 0.0001). The remaining 764 femoral components had been implanted with Boneloc cement, which was classified as neither high nor low-viscosity, and these components were considered as a separate group in the analyses. The Boneloc cement had been used for only three years, and the two-year survival rate of these prostheses was 95.5 per cent (p < 0.0001). The cement contained an antibiotic in 2801 (42 per cent of the hips in which the femoral component had been implanted with high-viscosity cement, compared with only thirty (2 per cent) of those in which it had been implanted with low-viscosity cement.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Acetabulum↗

Bipolar hip arthroplasty for recurrent dislocation after total hip arthroplasty. A report of three cases.

Recurrent dislocation after total hip arthroplasty is often a difficult complication to manage. Bipolar prostheses may be useful in these cases because motion can occur at two bearing surfaces and thus permit the greater range of motion necessary to dislodge the head from the acetabulum. The bipolar head is also larger than a conventional total hip femoral component, so a greater volume must be displaced from the acetabulum for dislocation to occur. Three patients with recurrent dislocation of a total hip prosthesis were successfully treated by conversion to bipolar devices after failure of multiple surgical procedures and treatment even with braces.

Adult↗

Iliopsoas bursal distension caused by acetabular loosening after total hip arthroplasty. A rare complication of total hip arthroplasty.

In a 58-year-old woman, a cystic mass at the ileocecal region communicated with the loosened hip prosthesis 20 years after total hip arthroplasty (THA). The preoperative arthrogram of the hip and the intraoperative cystogram suggested a one-way communication from the hip to the cystic mass. The mass was diagnosed as an iliopsoas bursitis distended by the influx of the synovial fluid from the loosened THA.

Abdominal Neoplasms↗

Comparison of function two years after revision of failed total hip arthroplasty and primary hip arthroplasty.

Because of the known high complication rate, it is important for both the patient and physician to know as much as possible about the outcome of revision operations for loosened total hip arthroplasties. This study evaluates the changes in subjective ratings and objective kinesiologic measurements from before revision operations through two years after revision operations. The object is to compare these measurements with the measurements of a group of patients with primary replacements. Both groups of patients showed significant improvement in most parameters from before to after surgery. These parameters included walking performance, hip muscle strength, range of motion, forces applied to canes, and the amount of weight borne on the operated limb during quiet standing. Compared to the control group with primary replacements, the group with revision used more assistive devices, had less pain relief, walked slower, had less hip motion, and had more lateral lurch. While results after revision surgery were not as gratifying as those after primary hip replacement, patients requiring revision can still anticipate substantial improvement.

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Function following mega total hip arthroplasty compared with conventional total hip arthroplasty and healthy matched controls.

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) with the use of a Mega prosthesis was a successful surgical procedure in the management of tumors of the hip as well as in revision THA with loss of bone stock. Passive hip motion and strength of hip muscles, walking ability, and activities of daily living in nine such cases compared well with the function following conventional THA. Limp and positive Trendelenburg sign were more common after Mega THA. Dislocation of the prosthesis occurred in 2/14 cases. Fracture of the femoral condyle occurred in one case. Another case had stem fatigue failure of a thin stem.

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Cruciate retained and excised total knee arthroplasty. A comparative study in patients with bilateral total knee arthroplasty.

A comparative study of posterior cruciate ligament retention and excision was conducted in patients who underwent bilateral total knee arthroplasty using the total condylar modifier prosthesis. The posterior cruciate ligament was excised in one knee and was retained in the other knee in 28 patients. Postoperative results were assessed using the Hospital for Special Surgery Knee Evaluation Score. In addition, stair activity was tested to determine whether there was preferential dependence on one of the two knees. There was no significant difference between the posterior cruciate ligament retained or excised knees in terms of postoperative Hospital for Special Surgery Knee Evaluation Score. Patients who ascended and descended stairs with one leg at a time tended to prefer the posterior cruciate ligament retention side. Those who could use each leg in sequence to go up and down stairs, however, did not show preferential dependence on either knee.

Activities of Daily Living↗

A comparison of competing methods for the detection of surgical-site infections in patients undergoing total arthroplasty of the knee, partial and total arthroplasty of hip and femoral or similar vascular bypass.

Recent research suggests that the retrospective review of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-9-CM) codes assigned to a patient episode will identify a similar number of healthcare-acquired surgical-site infections as compared with prospective surveillance by infection control practitioners (ICP). We tested this finding by replicating the methods for 380 surgical procedures. The sensitivity and specificity of the ICP undertaking prospective surveillance was 80% and 100%, and the sensitivity and specificity of the review of ICD-10-AM codes was 60% and 98.9%. Based on these results we do not support retrospective review of ICD-10-AM codes in preference prospective surveillance for SSI.

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip↗