The John Charnley Award: The Functional Outcome of Hip Resurfacing and Large-head THA Is the Same: A Randomized, Double-blind Study

• Published in: Clinical orthopaedics and related research Vol. 468; no. 2; pp. 326 - 336
• Main Authors: Lavigne, Martin, Therrien, Marc, Nantel, Julie, Roy, Alain, Prince, François, Vendittoli, Pascal-André
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.02.2010; Springer; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
• Subjects: Adult; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip - instrumentation; Awards and Prizes; Biological and medical sciences; Conservative Orthopedics; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Double-Blind Method; Female; Gait; Hip Joint - diagnostic imaging; Hip Joint - physiopathology; Hip Joint - surgery; Hip Prosthesis; Humans; Joint Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Joint Diseases - physiopathology; Joint Diseases - surgery; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Orthopedic surgery; Orthopedics; Postural Balance; Prosthesis Design; Radiography; Recovery of Function; Sports Medicine; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgical Orthopedics; Symposium: Papers Presented at the Hip Society Meetings 2009; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Gait Laboratory; Thigh Pain; Functional Reach Test; Large Femoral Head; Gait Speed; Head; Orthopedic surgery; Prognosis; Treatment; Orthopedics; Double blind study; Resurfacing arthroplasty; Hip

Better functional outcome is believed by some to occur after hip resurfacing (HR) than conventional 28-mm total hip arthroplasty (THA) in young and active patients with hip osteoarthritis. However, the postulated superior outcome of HR over THA may simply be the result of a bias in patient selection...