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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_III | Pages 60 - 60
1 Feb 2012
Aldinger P Jung A Gatermann S Ewerbeck V Thomsen M Parsch D
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Introduction

Up to date there are only few reports in literature on the long term survival of uncemented stems. As for cemented THA, 10 year survival of at least 90% is required for any THA.

Materials and methods

We followed the first 354 consecutive implantations of an uncemented, straight femoral stem (CLS, Zimmer Inc, Warsaw, USA) in 326 patients. Mean time of follow-up evaluation was 17 years (range, 15-20 years).