He momo wāhanga motuhake te arai acetabular uku e whakamahia ana i roto i te pokanga whakakapinga hope katoa. Ko te arai prosthetic tēnei e whakaurua ana ki roto i te kapu acetabular (te wāhanga o te hononga hope). I whakawhanakehia ōna mata tautoko i roto i te arthroplasty hope katoa (THA) me te kaupapa ki te whakaiti i te osteolysis i puta mai i te kakahu i roto i ngā tūroro taitamariki me ngā tūroro hohe e pangia ana e te whakakapinga hope katoa, nō reira, i roto i te ariā, ka whakaitihia te hiahia mō te whakahounga wetewete aseptic wawe o te implant.
He mea hanga ngā arai uku acetabular mai i tētahi rauemi uku, ko te nuinga he alumina, he zirconia rānei. He maha ngā painga o ēnei rauemi i runga i ētahi atu rauemi arai pēnei i te konganuku, te polyethylene rānei:
1) Ātete ki te Mau:
He tino ātete ki te kakahu o ngā arai uku, arā, he iti ake te tūponotanga ka kakahuria, ka pakaru rānei i roto i te wā. Mā tēnei ka roa ake te ora o te mea i tāpirihia, ka whakaitihia hoki te hiahia mō te pokanga whakahou. Te Whakaiti i te Waku: Mā te iti o te tauwehenga waku o ngā arai uku ka āwhina i te whakaiti i te waku i waenga i te arai me te pane o te femur (te pōro o te hononga hope). Mā tēnei ka whakaitihia te kakahuria, ā, ka whakaitihia hoki te tūponotanga o te nekenekehanga.
2) Hototahi ki te koiora:
Nā te mea he rauemi hototahi ki te koiora ngā uku, kāore pea e pā kino ki te tinana, e mumura rānei ngā kiko. Tērā pea ka pai ake ngā hua mō ngā tūroro i tēnei.