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Table 3 Modified DeLee and Charnley skeletal fixation score for the acetabulum

From: Total hip arthroplasty using a three-dimensional porous titanium acetabular cup: an examination of micromotion using subject-specific finite element analysis

 

Fixation grade

Radiolucency by zone

Hips (n)

Bone ingrowth, stable

IA

None

47

IB

One zone

21

IC

Two zone

4

Fibrous ingrowth, stable

II

Complete RLL < 2 mm all zones

1

Fibrous fixation, unstable

III

Progressive RLL Zone 3, complete RLL

0

  

≥2 mm all zones, or socket migration

 
  1. RLL Radiolucent line