RESULTS The meta- analysis did not reveal any effect of the type of acetabular component fixation on either survivorship or revision rate .
The preference for cementless acetabular components on the basis of improved survivorship is not supported by the published evidence .
Although concerns regarding aseptic loosening of cemented acetabular components may have led North American surgeons toward the nearly exclusive use of cementless acetabular components , the available literature suggests that the fixation of cemented acetabular components is more reliable than that of cementless components beyond the first postoperative decade
BACKGROUND The use of cementless acetabular components in total hip arthroplasty has gained popularity over the past decade .
Most total hip arthroplasties being performed in North America currently use cementless acetabular components .
The objective of this systematic review and meta- analysis was to compare the survivorship and revision rate of cemented and cementless acetabular components utilized in total hip arthroplasty .
Results of Charnley total hip arthroplasty at a minimum of thirty years. A concise follow-up of a previous report.
The purpose of the current study was to up date the results of a prospect i ve , single-surgeon series of primary Charnley total hip arthroplasties performed with cement . This investigation is one of the first studies in which hips treated with total hip arthroplasty with cement  were followed for a minimum of thirty years . Twenty-seven patients ( thirty-four [ 10.3 % ] of the hips in the initial study group ) were alive at a minimum of thirty years postoperatively . These patients served as the focus of the present study .  Revision because of aseptic loosening of the acetabular component was performed in 7.3 % ( twenty-three ) of the hips from the original study group ( excluding those revised because of infection or dislocation ) and 26 % ( eight ) of the hips in the living cohort .  Revision  because of aseptic loosening of the femoral component was performed in 3.2 % ( ten ) of the hips from the original study group ( excluding those revised because of infection or dislocation ) and 10 % ( three ) of the hips in the living patients . Since the twenty-five-year review , three hips were revised ( one because of acetabular loosening , one because of femoral loosening , and one because of instability ) . This end- result study demonstrated the remarkable durability of cemented Charnley total hip replacements over a span of three decades , with 88 % of the original prostheses intact at the time of the final follow-up or at the patient 's death
RESULTS The meta- analysis did not reveal any effect of the type of acetabular component fixation on either survivorship or revision rate .
The preference for cementless acetabular components on the basis of improved survivorship is not supported by the published evidence .
Although concerns regarding aseptic loosening of cemented acetabular components may have led North American surgeons toward the nearly exclusive use of cementless acetabular components , the available literature suggests that the fixation of cemented acetabular components is more reliable than that of cementless components beyond the first postoperative decade
BACKGROUND The use of cementless acetabular components in total hip arthroplasty has gained popularity over the past decade .
Most total hip arthroplasties being performed in North America currently use cementless acetabular components .
The objective of this systematic review and meta- analysis was to compare the survivorship and revision rate of cemented and cementless acetabular components utilized in total hip arthroplasty .