The history of the development of the regular straight stem in hip arthroplasty

Since the middle of the 20th century, total hip arthroplasty has become a very successful treatment for all end-stage diseases of the hip joint. Charnley solved with his low frictional torque arthroplasty the problem of wear and friction with the introduction of a new bearing couple and the reductio...

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Main Authors: Hanna Wellauer, Roman Heuberger, Emanuel Gautier, Moritz Tannast, Hubert Steinke, Peter Wahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bioscientifica 2023-07-01
Series:EFORT Open Reviews
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Online Access:https://eor.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/eor/8/7/EOR-22-0122.xml