Abstract
The effect of hydroxyapatite (HA) granules interposed between bone and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement in total hip replacement was histologically evaluated. The technique consisted of smearing 2-5 g of HA granules (straight phi = 100-300 microm) onto the bone surface just before cementing. Four specimens containing well-fixed bone-cement interface were retrieved at 1, 2, 6, and 10 years postoperatively and examined with back-scattered electron microscopy and light microscopy. The majority of HA granules were incorporated into remodeled trabeculae, and highly convoluted bone-cement interface was maintained up to 10 years. The presence of active remodeling in the adjacent bone was observed. There were no significant inflammatory or foreign body reactions against interposed HA granules. In one specimen retrieved from a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, bone formation around HA granules was limited after 1 year. These results have provided histological evidence for the significantly reduced incidence of radiolucent lines in total hip replacement with this cementing technique, reported elsewhere.
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