LONG-TERM RESULTS OF REVISION TOTAL HIP-ARTHROPLASTY WITH IMPROVED CEMENTING TECHNIQUE

We performed 83 consecutive cemented revision total hip arthroplasties in 77 patients between 1977 and 1983 using improved cementing techniq ues, One patient (two hips) was lost to follow-up, The remaining 76 pa tients (81 hips) had an average age at revision of 63.7 years (23 to 8 9). At the final follow-up 18 hips (22%) had had a reoperation, two (2 .5%) for sepsis, three (4%) for dislocation and 13 (16%) for aseptic l oosening. The incidence of rerevision for aseptic femoral loosening wa s 5.4% and for aseptic acetabular loosening 16%, These results confirm that cemented femoral revision is a durable option in revision hip su rgery when improved cementing techniques are used, but that cemented a cetabular revision is unsatisfactory.