FEMORAL COMPONENT FOR USE IN A REPLACEMENT HIP PROSTHESIS

摘要

A femoral component of a replacement hip joint having a collarless stem including a shoulder for fixing in a medullary canal by cement, said stem beneath the shoulder having a straight taper and the anterior and posterior faces of said stem each having a concave surface formed by a longitudinally extending curve from the top of said shoulder to the distal tip of said stem.