Clinical and Patient Reported Outcomes of Vitamin E Diffused Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene Liner Versus Moderately Cross-Linked Polyethylene Liner in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Meta-Analysis
Diovince S. Tan, Byron S. Angeles
Oct 2023 DOI 10.35460/2546-1621.2023-0051 Access
Abstract
Introduction: In the modern era of Medicine, total hip arthroplasty (THA) is found to last longer than ever before due to the fact that there has been improved bearing surfaces and materials available. Despite these modern approaches, failure caused by polyethylene wear, aseptic loosening, instability and mispositioning and even infection could affect THA survival. In the course of addressing anti-wear characteristics of the conventional polyethylene surface various approaches have been made. To date, there are very limited studies done in which polyethylene liner is better.
General Objective: To compare the effects of vitamin E diffused highly cross-linked polyethylene liner versus moderately cross-linked polyethylene liner in THA.
Methodology: Meta-analysis research design was used in this study. The primary investigators conducted a comprehensive literature search from Medline, Cochrane Library, PubMed, Elsevier, Google Scholar, Embase and ClinicalTrial.gov as electronic database. All randomized controlled trials comparing the effects of vitamin E diffused highly cross-linked polyethylene liner versus moderately cross-linked polyethylene liner in THA were included in the review.
Conclusions: The investigation disclosed no statistical significance between moderately cross-linked polyethylene liner and vitamin E diffused highly cross-linked polyethylene liner in terms of migration, head penetration and wear on mediolateral, longitudinal and anteroposterior axes after 2 and 5 years of undergoing THA. Moreover, the data pertaining to patient reported outcomes and clinical outcomes measure also indicated no statistical significance between moderately cross-linked polyethylene liner and vitamin E diffused highly cross-linked polyethylene liner. This indicates that vitamin E diffused highly cross-linked polyethylene liner is comparable with the conventional moderately cross-linked polyethylene liner. Vitamin E-infused highly cross-linked polyethylene ( VEPE) showed an almost similar stability with regard to the wear rates and the component showed similar stability with that of moderately cross-linked polyethylene liner.
Keywords: Moderately Cross-linked Polyethylene Liner, Vitamin E Diffused Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene Liner, Total Hip Arthroplasty
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