http://www.bjj.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/95-B/11_Supple_A/51.abstract

Cemented femoral fixation

The North Atlantic divide

1. D. W. Murray, MD, FRCS(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery1

+Author Affiliations

1. 1Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Botnar Research Centre, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK.

1. Correspondence should be sent to Professor D. W. Murray; e-mail:david.murray@ndorms.ox.ac.uk

Abstract

There is a North Atlantic divide, with cementless femoral stems being used more frequently in the USA and cemented stems being used more frequently in many countries in Europe. This is primarily because different cemented stems have been used on different sides of the Atlantic and the results of the cemented stems in the US have often been poor, whereas the results of the stems used in Europe have been good. In the National registers in Europe, cemented stems have tended to achieve better results than cementless.

Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2013;95-B, Supple A:51–2.

Footnotes

• Although none of the authors has received or will receive benefits for personal or professional use from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article, benefits have been or will be received but will be directed solely to a research fund, foundation, educational institution, or other nonprofit organisation with which one or more of the authors are associated.
  This paper is based on a study which was presented at the 29th Annual Winter 2012 Current Concepts in Joint Replacement® meeting held in Orlando, Florida, 12th – 15th December.

• Received September 7, 2013.
• Accepted September 8, 2013.

• ©2013 The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery