LIFE EXPECTANCY AFTER HIP-ARTHROPLASTY - CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF 1018 CASES OF PRIMARY ARTHROSIS

The long-term survival of 1018 total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients ( 237 McKee-Farrar, 449 Brunswik and 332 Lubinus patients) operated on f or primary arthrosis was compared with pair-matched controls (i.e., pa tients operated on for other orthopedic indications) and with a normal population. The 10-year survival after surgery for the McKee-Farrar p atients was 85 percent, for the Brunswik patients 82 percent, for the Lubinus patients 82 percent and for the orthopedic control patients 84 percent, respectively. The 1 0-year survival after 65 years of age fo r the THA patients was 78 percent and for the normal population 73 per cent. The long-term life expectancy of our patients with a cemented TH A was equal to that of our orthopedic control group and better than th e life expectancy of the Finnish population.