Open AccessNo Clinically Important Differences in Thigh Pain or Bone Loss Between Short Stems and Conventional-length Stems in THA: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Author(s) -
Seok Hyung Won,
Jung-Wee Park,
Yong Seuk Lee,
YongChan Ha,
Kyung Hoi Koo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001505
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , thigh , femur , bone mineral , randomized controlled trial , osteoporosis
Short-length stems were developed to reduce bone loss of the proximal femur and potentially decrease the incidence of thigh pain after cementless THA. However, it remains unknown whether short stems indeed reduce bone loss or the frequency of thigh pain.