Densitometric evaluation of bone-prosthetic counterface in hip and knee arthroplasty with modern implants.

CONCLUSIONS: After a joint replacement a full adhesion of the prosthetic surface to the host bone should be achieved through a local biological process named osseointegration. In some cases this process may not fully realize, so the secondary stability of the implant may fail. DXA is a valuable tool to follow over time the bone remodelling at the bone-prosthesis counterface in THA and in rTKA, in order to early detect any alterations of such phenomenon. PMID: 27920813 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Clin Cases Miner Bone Metab Source Type: research