International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Abdulaziz Almaawi
Orthopedic Surgery Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Research
Different Types of Bearing Surfaces in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review
Author(s): Abdulaziz Almaawi*, Fahad Saleh Alabdullatif, Nouf Alabdulkarim, Deema Benfaris, Nouf Alamari and Abduljabbar Alzuhair
Objectives: An ideal hip implant is biocompatible, withstands dynamic and static loads, and resists chemical and mechanical wear. This paper aims to address failure or revisions, complication rates among different types of bearing surfaces used in total hip arthroplasty. Methods: This review comprised scientific literature published between 1995 and 2019. We searched PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Embase, and Cochrane Library and included 44 studies on adults (>18 years), all are clinical studies presenting results with more than five years of mean follow-up, and studies including any type of arthritis-all written in English. We enrolled our proposal in the international database of prospectively registered systematic reviews (PROSPERO). Results: With a total of 8023 hips, 44 studies formed the .. Read More»
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