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Comparison of various Cementless femoral Stems in Total Hip Arthroplasty

Volume 1 - Issue 7

Nithin Sunku*

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- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India
*Corresponding author: Nithin Sunku, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India

Received: December 11, 2017; Published: December 20, 2017

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000615

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Abstract

Total hip Arthroplasty is becoming routine procedure for various hip diseases, such as osteonecrosis of the femoral head, development dysplasia hip, and hip arthritis [1]. The evolution of various femoral stem design, fixation methods, size, and bearing surface of implants for total hip replacement have led to considerable improvement and survival in the implant life in turn leading to a great change in the quality of life of patient. The need to determine the most optimal combinations of Total hip Arthroplasty implant is based on various factors like age, bone quality and even financial constraints. In primary Total hip Arthroplasty, basically the Cementless stems comes in 2 types of prostheses, which are available as: conventional stems are a standard length of ~150 mm, compared with Short Stems, which are <120 mm in length [2].

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