Ten-year follow-up study of total hip replacement.

Total hip arthroplasty in the treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head: then and now

“…The reasons for this influence were not clear. Shortly thereafter, Stauffer et al [7] analyzed 231 hips from the first 300 consecutive patients (1960 to 1970) who had a Charnley THA in the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN, USA). The authors placed particular attention to the roentgenographic loosening of the components and found that at 10 years, the incidence of loosening of the acetabular component was 11.3 % while the one of the femoral component was 29.9 %.…”

“…Early reports on THA showed poor survivorship and outcomes in patients with hip ON [4][5][6][7][8]. However, recent reports suggest an improvement in the survivorship or outcomes of THA when performed for this condition [9, 10, 11•, 12-21].…”

Acute total hip arthroplasty for acetabular fractures in the elderly

“…Surgical options are early (Kelly andLipscomb 1958, Mears andShirahama 1998) or late THA (Stauffer 1982, Romness and Lewallen 1990, Weber et al 1998.…”

Silk-based resorbable electronic devices for remotely controlled therapy and in vivo infection abatement

“…Usually implantable medical devices provide mechanical and technological (e.g., electronic stimulators) functions largely based on stable, nondegradable materials that have finite operational lifetimes. These devices are first surgically inserted and eventually need to be retrieved or replaced once the desired functional outcome has been achieved or the useful lifetime of the device has ended (5,6). This approach necessitates a secondary surgery, resulting in higher risks of postsurgical complications such as infection, inflammation, and pain (7), not to mention the disruption of the healed tissue.…”