This is a randomized controlled trial with the seleXys PC cup and RM Pressfit vitamys cup in combination with the optimys short stem. Wear rate and migration is assessed with roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis (RSA) measurements.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
53
Total hip arthroplasty using the seleXys PC cup
Total hip arthroplasty using the RM cup
Klinik für Orthopädie und Traumatologie, University Hospital Basel
Basel, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Wear Rate
The principal purpose of this study is to compare the modular seleXys PC Cup with a vitamys inlay to the monoblock RM Pressfit vitamys cup by means of wear rate. In addition, the migration of the two cups and the optimys stem, respectively, will be evaluated.
Time frame: 3 years
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