Abstract
We report 400 patients (mean age, 53. years) who received a short stem (17.8. years of follow-up) and 201 patients (mean age 53. years) who received an ultra-short stem (12.3. years of follow-up). At the final follow-up, the mean Harris hip score, WOMAC score and the mean UCLA activity scores were not different between two groups. No patient had thigh pain in either group. Two hips (0.3%) in the short stem group were revised because of early postoperative infection and one hip (0.2%) in the ultra-short stem group was revised for fracture of the proximal femur. Metaphyseal engaging short and ultra-short anatomic cementless stem without diaphyseal fixation provided long-term durable fixation in young and active patients.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 180-185 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Arthroplasty |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Anatomic short stem
- Anatomic ultra-short stem
- Cementless stem
- Metaphyseal engaging
- Proximal loading
- Total hip arthroplasty