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Intramedullary plugs in total hip arthroplasty. A comparative study
N O Thomsen1, T T Jensen, B Uhrbrand
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soenderborg Hospital, Denmark.
The Journal of Arthroplasty
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
The quality of cement packing was radiographically evaluated using three different types of intramedullary plugs in 77 total hip arthroplasties. The Thackray polyethylene plug (38 mm, disc-shaped), with its large and flexible diameter, was best able to seal the femoral canal and produced significantly better cement packing compared to both the autologous bone plug and the Richard polyethylene plug (18.5 mm, bullet-shaped).