A method for improving acetabular preparation during cemented all-polyethylene acetabular component insertion during total hip arthroplasty.

Long-term outcome from cemented acetabular components has been correlated with the presence of radiolucency on early postoperative radiographs. We describe a means for enhancing acetabular bed preparation to decrease blood at the bone-cement interface and to obtain better pressurization of the cement into the cancellous bone of the acetabulum during cemented acetabular component insertion. Copyright 2002, Elsevier Science (USA).