Dorr L D, Smith C
Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedics, Inglewood, California.
Dent Clin North Am. 1992 Jan;36(1):239-46.
Hydroxyapatite (HA)-coated APR Total Hip Replacement was found to be superior to a press-fit only control group in a randomized trial. This study confirms the importance of biologic fixation for durability of total hip replacement as compared with press-fit fixation only.