Metaphyseal anchoring short stem hip arthroplasty provides a more physiological load transfer: a comparative finite element analysis study

Abstract Background Short stem total hip arthroplasty (SHA) preserves femoral bone stock and is supposed to provide a more natural load transfer compared to standard stem total hip arthroplasty (THA). As comparative biomechanical reference data are rare we used a finite element analysis (FEA) approa...

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Main Authors: Shuang G. Yan, Yan Chevalier, Fanxiao Liu, Xingyi Hua, Anna Schreiner, Volkmar Jansson, Florian Schmidutz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-020-02027-4