Der Stand der Zementiertechnik bei Hüfttotalendoprothesen in Deutschland

Abstract

The results from this survey document, that overall only slightly more than 10% of hips are implanted using second/third generation (modern) cementing techniques with application of pulsed lavage. This has implications on the number of arthroplasties that may require revision. From the data available the current status of cementing technique in Germany cannot be judged satisfactory.

What Is Modern Cementing Technique?

“…6.1). Currently, these techniques have to be considered as »gold standard« [9,20,29,32], in particular if used with a well documented bone cement [16,21,30,37]. Excellent outcomes with cements of medium of higher viscosity [21], which seem more forgiving ( chapter 3.7), have been reported.…”