Furlong hydroxyapatite-coated hip prosthesis vs the Charnley cemented hip prosthesis

We report the results of a prospective trial comparing uncemented Furlong hydroxyapatite-coated total hip arthroplasty and cemented Charnley total hip arthroplasty. One hundred ninety-one patients were allocated into 2 groups depending on their year of birth. One group received a Furlong hydroxyapatite-coated total hip arthroplasty and the other group received a cemented Charnley total hip arthroplasty. At a mean follow-up of 14 years (12-16 years), Harris hip scores showed no difference between the 2 groups. The longitudinal multilevel model analysis shows that the mean slope of the change in the Harris hip score was -0.02 for the Furlong group and -0.05 for the Charnley group; the difference is 0.03 (P = .002). The survival analysis using Kaplan-Meier regression analysis (the log-rank test lambda(2)(1) = 0.031, P = .58) does not show a significant difference between the 2 groups. Overall survival was 93.6% in the Furlong group and 94.8% in the Charnley group.