Biomechanical Comparison of 2 Different Femoral Stems in the Shortening Osteotomy of the High-Riding Hip

Tuncay, Ibrahim; YILDIZ, Fatih; BILSEL, Kerem; UZER, Gokcer; ELMADAG, Mehmet; ERDEN, Tunay; Bozdag, Süreyya

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2015.12.005

Biomechanical Comparison of 2 Different Femoral Stems in the Shortening Osteotomy of the High-Riding Hip

Tuncay I., YILDIZ F., BILSEL K., UZER G., ELMADAG M., ERDEN T., ...More

JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY, vol.31, no.6, pp.1346-1351, 2016 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 31 Issue: 6
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.12.005
Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY
Page Numbers: pp.1346-1351

Abstract

Background: We hypothesized that a rectangular cross-sectional femoral stem may produce more initial stability of the transverse subtrochanteric femoral shortening osteotomy rather than a circular cross-sectional stem.