The incidence of early radiolucencies about a pegged glenoid component using cement pressurization. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Glenoid component loosening is the most common early mode of failure of total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) We hypothesised that the use of a pegged glenoid component with a modern glenoid reaming system and an instrumented cement pressurization technique would achieve a low prevalence of early radiolucent lines. Of 81 patients having TSA with a cemented, all polyethylene, 3-peg glenoid component for primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis, 69 had high quality radiographs available for analysis. All preoperative and initial postoperative radiographs were reviewed and graded in a blinded manner using previously established criteria. When the radiolucency grade of cement fixation was converted to a numeric scale of 0 (no radiolucency) to 5 (grossly loose), the mean cementing score was 0.14 + 0.06. Of the 69 shoulders, 62 (90%) had no radiolucencies. These techniques to improve glenoid fixation resulted in a low incidence of early radiolucencies about the glenoid component in patients having TSA for primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis.

publication date

  • June 30, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Arthroplasty, Replacement
  • Joint Prosthesis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Prosthesis Failure

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 51249086437

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.jse.2008.01.147

PubMed ID

  • 18586530

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 17

issue

  • 5