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Table 1 Distribution of development of heterotopic ossifications (HO) among patients by rank

From: Heterotopic ossification following hip arthroplasty: a comparative radiographic study about its development with the use of three different kinds of implants

Character

Rank

Presence of HO (%)

Absence of HO (%)

p values

Age

 

Mean age = 77.6 years

Mean age = 80.2 years

0.0018

Sex

Male

64.4

35.6

0.1011

Female

57.7

42.3

Diagnosis of diseased hip

Coxarthrosis

72.7

27.3

0.0001

Femoral neck fracture

55.9

44.1

Others

82.9

17.1

Previous HO

Presence

76.2

23.8

0.0260

Absence

58.8

41.2

Surgical approach to the hip

Watson-Jones

55.6

44.4

0.0163

Hardinge-Bauer

65.5

34.5

Kind of implant

Ceramic-ceramic THR

68.1

31.9

0.0001

Partial prosthesis

51.3

48.7

TriboFit® system

67.0

33.0

Previous surgery of the ipsilateral hip (only among ceramic-ceramic THR)

Presence

75.0

25.0

0.4896

Absence

67.5

32.5