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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 90-B, Issue 12,
1562-1569.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B12.21151 Copyright © 2008 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery Cemented total hip replacement for primary osteoarthritis in patients aged 55 years or olderRESULTS OF THE 12 MOST COMMON CEMENTED IMPLANTS FOLLOWED FOR 25 YEARS IN THE FINNISH ARTHROPLASTY REGISTERK. Mäkelä, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon1; A. Eskelinen, MD, PhD, Orthopaedic Surgeon2; P. Pulkkinen, PhD, Statistician3; P. Paavolainen, MD, PhD, Orthopaedic Surgeon4; and V. Remes, MD, PhD, Orthopaedic Surgeon5
1 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Turku University Central Hospital, Rauhankatu 24 D 32, 20100 Turku, Finland. Correspondence should be sent to Dr K. Mäkelä; e-mail: keijo.makela{at}tyks.fi
We have analysed from the Finnish Arthroplasty Register the long-term survivorship of the 12 most commonly-used cemented implants between 1980 and 2005 in patients aged 55 years or older with osteoarthritis. Only two designs of femoral component, the Exeter Universal and the Müller Straight femoral component had a survivorship of over 95% at ten years with revision for aseptic loosening as the endpoint. At 15 years of the femoral and acetabular component combinations, only the Exeter Universal/Exeter All-poly implant had a survival rate of over 90% with revision for aseptic loosening as the endpoint. In the subgroup of patients aged between 55 and 64 years, survivorship overall was less than 90% at ten years.
The variation in the long-term rates of survival of different cemented hip implants was considerable in patients aged 55 years or older. In those aged between 55 and 64 years, none of the cemented prostheses studied yielded excellent long-term survival rates ( This article has been cited by other articles:
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90% at 15 years). 
