Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Summary of studies reporting local tissue reactions
References | Number of hip implants | Implant description | Results/findings |
|---|---|---|---|
Cooper et al. [30] | 10 | MoP THA | Black, flaky material at taper base, fluid collection, hypertrophic synovial tissue, and pseudotumors |
Gill et al. [23] | 35 | MoP THA | Psuedotumor in three patients, with aseptic lymphocyte-dominated vasculitis-associated lesions in peri-prosthetic tissue |
Lindgren et al. [31] | 1 | Uncemented MoP THA | Local soft-tissue destruction, pseudotumor |
Hsu et al. [32] | 1 | Ceramic on polyethylene THA | Psuedotumor formation, damage to short external rotators. Chronic inflammation and synovial necrosis seen on frozen sections |
Stahnke and Sharpe [33] | 1 | MoP THA | Pseudotumor formation (12 cm diameter) and aseptic lymphocyte-dominated vasculitis associated lesions. Patient had accompanying loss of abductors and a pelvic discontinuity |