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The purpose of the study was to assess the clinical and radiographic outcomes and the short- and mid-term survivorship of the DELTA ST-C cup and MINIMA S stem in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA). The present is the first study to report outcomes and implant survivorship of the DELTA ST-C cup coupled with the MINIMA S femoral stem. Materials and Methods: The present study is a retrospective observational cohort study of a prospectively maintained database, evaluating clinical outcomes and implant survivorship in 95 patients undergoing THA with the MINIMA stem coupled with the DELTA ST-C cup with at least a 3-year follow-up. The clinical evaluation was assessed with a change in the Harris hip score (HHS), while the radiographic evaluation included anteroposterior views of the pelvis and lateral views of the affected hip. Results: The enrolled population\u2019s mean age was 69.3 years and most patients were female (64%). The MINIMA S standard stem was implanted in 68 patients (72%), the lateralized stem was implanted in 27 (28%), and the mean acetabular inclination was 48.2\u00b0. The HHS improved significantly from the preoperative value (median 46, IQR: 38\u201355), already at 1 month after surgery (median 76, IQR: 66\u201377), reaching excellent results at 1 year and 3 years postoperatively (median 96, IQR: 91\u2013100). X-rays demonstrated good implant stability and biomechanics parameter restorations revealed no sign of subsidence, and the presence of radiolucent lines greater than 2 mm in the short stem area in five cases and in the acetabulum in one were not clinically significant. No revisions have been performed so far. Conclusions: The MINIMA S stem coupled with the DELTA ST-C cup demonstrated very good clinical and radiological results with a significant increase of the Harris hip score at short- and mid-term follow-up. This is the first study evaluating the DELTA ST-C cup, showing promising outcomes during the study\u2019s follow-up. The MINIMA S stem has been evaluated in a very few studies. However, the combination with this particular cup had not yet been studied. The design of the stem and the cup ensures primary stability and excellent early term outcomes, moreover the study demonstrates extraordinary implant survivorship, equal to 100%.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59030607","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,20]],"date-time":"2023-03-20T04:33:31Z","timestamp":1679286811000},"page":"607","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Early Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of Total Hip Arthroplasty with DELTA ST-C Cup and MINIMA S Stem"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"given":"Nikolaos","family":"Christodoulou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Athens Medical Group, Psychicko, 11525 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emmanouil","family":"Volonakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Athens Medical Group, Psychicko, 11525 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Karatzas","family":"Voutsas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Athens Medical Group, Psychicko, 11525 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Konstantinos","family":"Raptis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, \u201c251\u201d Hellenic Air Force General Hospital of Athens, Kanellopoulou Av, 11525 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christos","family":"Koutserimpas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, \u201c251\u201d Hellenic Air Force General Hospital of Athens, Kanellopoulou Av, 11525 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1508","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(07)60457-7","article-title":"The operation of the century: Total hip replacement","volume":"370","author":"Learmonth","year":"2007","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ammarullah, M.I., Santoso, G., Sugiharto, S., Supriyono, T., Wibowo, D.B., Kurdi, O., Tauviqirrahman, M., and Jamari, J. 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