To unlock this feature and to subscribe to our weekly evidence emails, please create a FREE orthoEvidence account.

SIGNUP

Already Have an Account?

Loading...
Visit our Evidence-Based Covid-19 Website and Stay Up to Date with the latest Research.
Ace Report Cover

Tantalum Acetabular Components Without Screws Are Non-inferior to Titanium With Screws at 7 Years

Share
Reprints
Cite This
About
+ Favorites
Share
Reprints
Cite This
About
+ Favorites
Ace Report Cover
August 2025

Tantalum Acetabular Components Without Screws Are Non-inferior to Titanium With Screws at 7 Years

Vol: 307| Issue: 8| Number:16| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Highly Porous Tantalum Acetabular Components Without Ancillary Screws Are Non-inferior at 7 Years When Compared With Titanium Components With Ancillary Screw Fixation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Arthroplast Today . 2025 May 17:33:101709.

Contributing Authors:
TS Robertson LB Solomon DW Howie OT Holubowycz CH Cho SA Callary

Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here

Synopsis

Sixty-six patients with primary or secondary osteoarthritis undergoing total hip arthroplasty were randomized intraoperatively to receive either a cementless press-fit solid-backed tantalum acetabular component without ancillary screw fixation (n=33) or a cementless press-fit titanium fiber-metal acetabular component with one ancillary screw (n=33). The primary outcome was proximal acetabular comp...

CME Image

Did you know that you’re eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report!

LEARN MORE

Join the Conversation

Please Login or Join to leave comments.

Learn about our AI Driven
High Impact Search Feature

High Impact Icon

Our AI driven High Impact metric calculates the impact an article will have by considering both the publishing journal and the content of the article itself. Built using the latest advances in natural language processing, OE High Impact predicts an article’s future number of citations better than impact factor alone.

Continue