Tapered wedge stems decrease early postoperative subsidence following cementless total hip arthroplasty in Dorr type C femurs compared to fit-and-fill stems.

Satoshi IkemuraGoro MotomuraSatoshi HamaiMasanori FujiiShinya KawaharaTaishi SatoDaisuke HaraKyohei ShiomotoYasuharu Nakashima

Published in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research (2022)

Our findings suggest that the tapered wedge stem is more suitable for Dorr type C femurs than the fit-and-fill stem to avoid early postoperative subsidence in cementless THA.

Keyphrases

total hip arthroplasty
total knee arthroplasty
patients undergoing
total hip