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Table 5 Literature review of tantalum rod

From: Porous tantalum rod implantation is associated with low survival rates in patients with type C2 osteonecrosis of the femoral head but has no effect on the clinical outcome of conversion total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective study with an average 8-year follow-up

 

Hips

Design

Patient selection (hips)

Follow-up (Mons)

Survivorship

End point

Tsao et al. (2005) [24]

94

Prospective

Steinberg I (1) II(93)

48

72.5% at 48mons

THA

Veilette et al. (2006) [23]

58

Retropective

Steinberg I (1) II(49) III (8) (1)II(93)StageI(1)II(49)l(8)

24

68.1% at 48mons

THA

Nadeau et al. (2007) [13]

18

Prospective

Steinberg III (3) IV(15)

23.2

42.5% at 48mons

THA

Varitimidis et al. (2009) [16]

26

Prospective

Steinberg I (9) II(7) III (10)

38

70% at 6 years

THA

Liu et al. (2010) [25]

49

Prospective

Steinberg I (21) II (26) IIIA(2)

15.2

83.7%

THA

Floerkemeier et al. (2011) [22]

23

Retropective

ARCO I II

529(days)

44%

THA

Liu et a al. (2013) [26]

94

Prospective

Steinberg I (27) II (49) III(18)

37.3

I 88.9% II 79.6%

III 55.6%

THA

Ma et al. (2016) [27]

104

Retrospective

ARCO II(42) III(62)

42

52.9%

THA

Hu et al. (2018) [28]

29

Prospective

ARCO I (5) II(24)

5.4 (year)

93.1%

THA