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Femoral component loosening after total hip arthroplasty. 1979

A A McBeath, and R N Foltz

To determine the long-term durability of total hip arthroplasty and to identify factors responsible for femoral component loosening, 106 total hip arthroplasties were reviewed in patients with a minimum postoperative period of 3 years. Seventy-four had Charnley-Müller prostheses and 32 had Charnley prostheses. Femoral component loosening occurred in 16 of 106 hips. Not all loose components were symptomatic. The femoral component at risk was the femoral Charnley-Müller type that had been inserted in varus position in a functioning active heavy patient who previously had had a femoral head prosthesis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D001835	Body Weight	The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.	Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body
D005260	Female		Females
D005269	Femur	The longest and largest bone of the skeleton, it is situated between the hip and the knee.	Trochanter,Greater Trochanter,Lesser Trochanter,Femurs,Greater Trochanters,Lesser Trochanters,Trochanter, Greater,Trochanter, Lesser,Trochanters,Trochanters, Greater,Trochanters, Lesser
D005270	Femur Head	The hemispheric articular surface at the upper extremity of the thigh bone. (Stedman, 26th ed)	Femoral Head,Femoral Heads,Femur Heads,Head, Femoral,Head, Femur
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006622	Hip Prosthesis	Replacement for a hip joint.	Femoral Head Prosthesis,Femoral Head Prostheses,Hip Prostheses,Prostheses, Femoral Head,Prostheses, Hip,Prosthesis, Femoral Head,Prosthesis, Hip
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man