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A double tapered fully hydroxyapatite-coated stem has less contact area to femoral cortical bone than a tapered-wedge stem: a three-dimensional computed tomography-based density mapping analysis.

Yohei OhyamaYukihide MinodaYoichi OhtaRyo SugamaSusumu TakemuraHiroaki Nakamura
Published in: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery (2022)
The contact area of the double-tapered fully HA-coated stem was significantly lower than that of the tapered wedge cementless stem.
Keyphrases
  • computed tomography
  • total knee arthroplasty
  • high resolution
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • positron emission tomography
  • bone mineral density
  • total hip arthroplasty
  • body composition
  • mass spectrometry