The Effects of Large Head MoM Hip Prosthesis on Soft Tissue: Study With 3 Tesla NMR (MoM_&_3Tesla)

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prostheses and Implants

Treatments: Procedure: NMR

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02793726

MoM and 3 Tesla

Details and patient eligibility

About

Symptomatic and asymptomatic patients wearing Metal on Metal hip prosthesis will be enrolled in the study and periimplant pseudotumors will be searched by means of NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance).

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients wearing MoM hip prosthesis
• Head >= 36 mm

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of ferromagnetic implants and/or presence of clinical situations that are not compatible with NMR

Trial design

30 participants in 2 patient groups

Symptomatic

Description:

Patients with pain and or other sign of prothesis failure

Treatment:

Procedure: NMR

Asymptomatic

Description:

Patients with regular clinical and radiographic evolution of the implant. No pain

Treatment:

Procedure: NMR