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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Incidence of radiological alterations over time

From: Mid-term results of a new-generation calcar-guided short stem in THA: clinical and radiological 5-year follow-up of 216 cases

 

2 years

5 years

N

Percent

N

Percent

Resorption femoral bone

 No

195

96.1

116

57.7

 Yes

8

3.9

85

42.3

Cortical hypertrophy

 No

194

95.6

192

95.5

 Yes

9

4.4

9

4.5

Lucent lines

 No

197

97.0

199

99.0

 Yes

6

3.0

2

1.0

Osteolysis femoral bone

 No

203

100.0

201

100.0

 Yes

0

0.0

0

0.0