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. 2019 Feb;7(4):77.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.01.39.

Mortality after hip resurfacing versus total hip arthroplasty in young patients: a single surgeon experience

Peter J Brooks  1 , Linsen T Samuel  1 , Jay M Levin  1 , Assem A Sultan  1 , Anton Khlopas  1 , David Brigati  1 , Mitchell Ng  1 , A Seth Greenwald  1 , Michael A Mont  2
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Mortality after hip resurfacing versus total hip arthroplasty in young patients: a single surgeon experience

Peter J Brooks et al. Ann Transl Med. 2019 Feb.

Abstract

Background: The aims of this study were to investigate the following questions: (I) what are the mortality rates in patients age 55 years and younger who underwent a hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA) versus a standard total hip arthroplasty (THA)? (II) is the type of operation independently associated with mortality?

Methods: The database of a single high-volume surgeon was reviewed for patient's age 55 years and younger who underwent a hip arthroplasty between 2002 and 2010. This yielded 505 HRA patients and 124 THA patients. Chi-square analysis was performed to identify a 5-year mortality rate difference between the two cohorts. Multivariable Cox-Regression analyses were used to determine whether the type of operation was independently associated with mortality.

Results: There were 8 mortalities (1.6%) in the HRA cohort and 11 (8.9%) in the THA cohort, a statistically significant difference (P<0.001) on univariate analysis. Low mortality rates produced underpowered multivariate models.

Conclusions: We have demonstrated that patients age 55 and younger who undergo HRA have a significantly lower mortality rate than those undergoing THA. This is consistent with multiple previously published large database studies.

Keywords: Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR); Mortality; hip resurfacing; total hip arthroplasty (THA).

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: PJ Brooks is a Paid consultant of Smith & Nephew and Zimmer. D Brigati is a Board or committee member of AAOS. AS Greenwald reports the following: 4Web: Research support; AAOS: Board or committee member; Applied Medical Technologies: Research support; Arthrex, Inc.: Research support; Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research: Editorial or governing board; Conformis: Research support; DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company: Research support; Journal of Arthroplasty: Editorial or governing board; Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American: Editorial or governing board; Lima Corporate: Research support; Materialise: Research support; Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation: Board or committee member; Orthopedics: Editorial or governing board; Orthopedics Today: Editorial or governing board; Renovis: Research support; Seminars in Arthroplasty: Publishing royalties, financial or material support; Smith & Nephew: Paid presenter or speaker; The Bone & Joint Journal: Editorial or governing board; Total Joint Orthopedics (TJO): Research support; Waldemar Link: Research support; Zimmer Biomet: Research support. MA Mont reports the following: AAOS: Board or committee member; American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons: Board or committee member; Cymedica: Paid consultant; DJ Orthopaedics: Paid consultant; Research support; Flexion Therapeutics: Paid consultant; Johnson & Johnson: Paid consultant; Research support; Journal of Arthroplasty: Editorial or governing board; Journal of Knee Surgery: Editorial or governing board; Knee Society: Board or committee member; Medicus Works LLC: Publishing royalties, financial or material support; Microport: IP royalties; National Institutes of Health (NIAMS & NICHD): Research support; Ongoing Care Solutions: Paid consultant; Research support; Orthopedics: Editorial or governing board; Orthosensor: Paid consultant; Research support; Pacira: Paid consultant; Peerwell: Paid consultant; Stock or stock Options; Performance Dynamics: Paid consultant; Pfizer: Paid consultant; Skye Biologics: Paid consultant; Stryker: IP royalties; Paid consultant; Research support; Surgical Techniques International: Editorial or governing board; Tissue Gene: Paid consultant; TissueGene: Research support; Up-to Date: Publishing royalties, financial or material support; USMI: Stock or stock Options; Wolters Kluwer Health - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Publishing royalties, financial or material support. Other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Lower mortality rate in resurfacing cohort when compared to total hip arthroplasty.
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