Debate continues as to the optimum femoral stem fixation in total hip arthroplasty (THA). Early success in survivorship of cemented stems in THA established a track record that continues to rival ...

Techniques that improve the bone-cement-prosthesis composite should ... With >40 years of clinical use, total hip arthroplasty (THA) remains the treatment of choice for end-stage arthrosis of ...

After agreeing to participate in Biomet's United States Investigational Device Exemption protocol and after obtaining Institutional Review Board approval, we undertook the study protocol.

However, total hip arthroplasty may be warranted if ... allowing your bone to grow into it and secure it. Others are cemented in. The new femoral head is then pressed into the prosthetic socket.

When a cementless implant is used to treat a femoral neck fracture, the risk of fracture after total hip replacement increases. Femoral neck fractures are a major source of illness and mortality ...

"To our knowledge, this was the first non-registry study comparing outcomes of cemented versus cementless total hip replacement for acute femoral neck fractures examining the influence of various ...

Historically, surgeons used bone cement to secure cemented hip joints ... becomes chronic in about 10% of people who receive a total hip replacement. This means the pain is ongoing.

During your initial knee or hip replacement surgery, the prosthetic (artificial) components were either cemented (attached with bone cement ... and/or ceramic. Most total joint surgeries are ...

The use of cement for component fixation in total hip arthroplasty has a well-documented history with respect to survivorship and clinical success. Therefore, historic controls were readily ...