Tag Michael D. Stefl

Orthopedics

Uncemented Tapered Femoral Components With Single/Double/Rounded Tapered Implants

Key Points Single-taper stems are tapered in the medial/lateral (ML) plane but are flat in the anteroposterior (AP) plane, appearing as a rectangle on a lateral radiograph. Double-taper stems maintain the ML taper design but taper in the AP plane…

Surgery of the Hip
February 24, 2024

Orthopedics

Minimally Invasive Hip Arthroplasty

Key Points The risks and benefits of minimally invasive surgical approaches for total hip arthroplasty (THA) remain controversial. There is no single definition of “minimally invasive” THA, but the term has been used for approaches with a shorter skin incision…

Surgery of the Hip
February 21, 2024