Orthopaedics | Hip | Femoral stem - uncemented | Which Medical Device
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The Aida Short Stem hip from Implantcast is a shortened titanium stem with a proximal coating of both pure titanium and hydroxyapatite. The modular neck is compatible with ceramic and large diameter bearings, such as the ACCIS hip. There are no published results. Do you have experience...
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Designed by Morrey in 1984, this conservative bone preserving femoral component has the longest track record in short stem devices. This is a neck-retaining device. The Mayo stem has a proximal wide trapezoidal cross-section in order to gain multipoint contact within cortical bone, and is wedge...
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The Corin MiniHip is a short-stemmed uncemented device intended to be more conservative on the femoral side than conventional femoral components, and requiring a mid-neck resection. The system is compatible with Corin’s Cormet resurfacing, and total hip systems, allowing some...
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The Zimmer Fitmore stem system is a curved, short (44 to 60 mm in length), uncemented femoral stem with a trapezoidal cross section and triple taper geometry, available since 2008. The device is manufactured from Zimmer’s Protasul™ titanium alloy, has a proximal Ti-plasma coating and...
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The 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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