Five-year review of the isoelastic RM total hip endoprosthesis

An evaluation is presented of 92 patients with 93 isoelastic total hip endoprostheses which were inserted in four different hospitals and reviewed after at least 5 years. The clinical results were very good in 16%, good in 43%, mediocre in 31%, and poor in 6.4%. The radiological evaluation was considered good or very good in 54%, mediocre in 33%, and poor in 11% of cases.