Comparing the accuracy of radiographic preoperative digital templating for a second- versus a first-generation THA stem.

Issa, Kimona; Pivec, Robert; Boyd, Bradley; Harwin, Steven F; Wuestemann, Thies; Nevelos, Jim; Mont, Michael A · Orthopedics · 2012

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

This study assessed the accuracy of preoperative digital templating for a second-generation cementless stem compared with its first-generation design. A prospective cohort of 100 consecutive patients who had undergone a primary total hip arthroplasty using a new second-generation cementless stem was compared with the prior 100 hips that had received the first-generation stem. The authors believe that the second-generation stem may allow equal or more accurate digital templating compared with its predicate design.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy