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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...
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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 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....
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The Trident Acetabular System from Stryker is an uncemented acetabular system which includes Crossfire polyethylene, X3 polyethylene , alumina ceramic, constrained liners, concentric and eccentric liners. The shells come in no-hole, cluster hole and multiple hole variants, hemispherical and PSL...
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The Birmingham Hip Resurfacing likely needs no introduction, as the device which kicked off the hip resurfacing revival of the last ten years. The device has been successfully marketed as a solution for younger patients requiring hip replacement, preserving bone on the femoral side. The...
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