Preoperative BMD does not influence femoral stem subsidence of uncemented THA when the femoral T-score is > –2.5
Background and purpose — It is believed that in uncemented primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) the anchorage of the stem is dependent on the level of bone mineral density (BMD) of the femoral bone. This is one of the reasons for the widely accepted agreement that a cemented solution should be selec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Medical Journals Sweden
2021-10-01
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| Series: | Acta Orthopaedica |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2021.1920163 |