The Proxima Short Stem from Depuy is a proximally loading short stem hip prosthesis made of forged titanium alloy, with a Duofix™ porous coating and hydroxyapatite surface coating. It is available in nine sizes with standard and high-offset variants. The paper by Toth (1) gives several...
read full descriptionThe Silent hip is a tapered press-fit, textured implant designed to sit in the femoral neck without contacting the lateral cortex. It was launched in 2009 and remains in clinical trials. Links to clinical trials Multi-Centre Study to Assess the Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of the Silent...
read full descriptionThe SMF Short Modular Femoral Hip System from Smith and Nephew is an uncemented titanium stem, approximately 20% shorter than conventional stems. It has a proprietary high-friction porous (mean pore size 200 microns) coating known as Stiktite ™ and has a cobalt-chrome modular neck design....
read full descriptionThe TaperLoc Microplasty from Biomet is a short femoral stem which is essentially a shortened version of the Taperloc stem (35mm shorter). This is a collarless, flat tapered wedge design, made from porous, plasma sprayed titanium. Lombardi et al give some useful advice for insertion. They...
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