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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Reasons for revision of the three pairs of cohorts were represented as incidence, percentage, and distribution of failures

From: Comparison of single taper and dual taper versions of the same stem design in total hip arthroplasty for primary osteoarthritis

Reasons for revision

Apta

(1984)

Apta-fix

(629)

Hydra

(1671)

Hydra-fix

(691)

Recta

(662)

Recta-fix

(152)

N

Incidence (%)

Frequency of failure (%)

N

Incidence (%)

Frequency of failure (%)

N

Incidence (%)

Frequency of failure (%)

N

Incidence (%)

Frequency of failure (%)

N

Incidence (%)

Frequency of failure (%)

N

Incidence (%)

Frequency of failure (%)

Pain without loosening

0

0

0

1

0.2

7.1

3

0.2

10.7

0

0

0

3

0.5

17.6

0

0

0

Periprosthetic fracture

5

0.3

18.5

5

0.8

35.7

7

0.4

25

3

0.4

25

0

0

0

0

0

0

Dislocation

8

0.4

29.6

0

0

0

2

0.1

7.1

1

0.1

8.3

3

0.5

17.6

1

0.7

20

Cup aseptic loosening

3

0.2

11.1

1

0.2

7.1

2

0.1

7.1

0

0

0

3

0.5

17.6

0

0

0

Global aseptic loosening

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.7

20

Stem aseptic loosening

1

0.1

3.7

1

0.2

7.1

3

0.2

10.7

1

0.1

8.3

1

0.2

5.9

0

0

0

Infection

2

0.1

7.4

1

0.2

7.1

2

0.1

7.1

1

0.1

8.3

0

0

0

0

0

0

Unknown

1

0.1

3.7

1

0.2

7.1

4

0.2

14.3

1

0.1

8.3

1

0.2

5.9

1

0.7

20

Ossifications

2

0.1

7.4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.2

5.9

0

0

0

Primary instability

2

0.1

7.4

1

0.2

7.1

1

0.1

3.6

2

0.3

16.7

3

0.5

17.6

0

0

0

Neck breakage

2

0.1

7.4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.2

5.9

0

0

0

Liner breakage

1

0.1

3.7

0

0

0

3

0.2

10.7

1

0.1

8.3

0

0

0

1

0.7

20

Stem breakage

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.1

3.6

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.7

20

Total

27

1.4

100

14

2.2

100

28

1.7

100

12

1.7

100

17

2.6

100

5

3.3

100