Serum ion concentrations of cobalt and chromium are commonly used to monitor for the development of local metal reactions in metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasties, as well as dual-modular constructs. Although rarely used in clinical practice, elevated serum titanium levels have the ability to indicate a failure with contemporary revision constructs, such as with titanium modular fluted tapere...

A lot of different implants are available in hip replacement arthroplasty (THA), stems differ mainly by type of fixation, material, length, diameter, shape, surface coating, modularity, etc. The main quality of a non-cemented stem is to pursuit primary and secondary stability, to preserve bone stock, to be adaptable and modular. The literature shows that the most popular non cemented stems used...

The use of modular implants in femoral stem design has grown increasingly popular over the last decade because of the theoretical advantage of more flexibility and optimization of femoral anteversion, limb length, and femoral component offset. With the benefit of increased surgical flexibility, however, modularity also carries the theoretical risks of fretting at the modular surfaces, sequelae ...

BACKGROUND Though mid-term survival rates of over 95% in several series have been published, there is still a paucity of related literature regarding the role of vertical stem instability in the osteointegration of fluted tapered stems. This paper presents a comprehensive and prospective assessment on short-term experiences with uncemented modular femoral stem in the treatment of defective femu...

In this paper, we discuss the existence and uniqueness of xed points for Banach and Kannancontractions dened on modular spaces endowed with a graph. We do not impose the Δ2-conditionor the Fatou property on the modular spaces to give generalizations of some recent results. Thegiven results play as a modular version of metric xed point results.

let $g$ be a connected graph of order $3$ or more and $c:e(g)rightarrowmathbb{z}_k$‎ ‎($kge 2$) a $k$-edge coloring of $g$ where adjacent edges may be colored the same‎. ‎the color sum $s(v)$ of a vertex $v$ of $g$ is the sum in $mathbb{z}_k$ of the colors of the edges incident with $v.$ the $k$-edge coloring $c$ is a modular $k$-edge coloring of $g$ if $s(u)ne s(v)$ in $mathbb{z}_k$ for all pa...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Variations in hip anatomy limit the femoral canal fit of standard uncemented hip stems. In addition, there are still issues with leg length discrepancy and offset reconstruction, potentially resulting in impingement, dislocation, and wear. Modular stems with different shapes for femoral canal fit and multiple neck options may improve the outcome and reduce complications. ...