At the origin of a customLINK idea, now available as a standard product.
OptiStems are anatomical femoral stems that were developed as a stem portfolio expansion.
Literature (general):
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Osteoporotic Bone; Edoardo Bori, Federica Armaroli 1, Bernardo Innocenti; 2021 Elsevier.
Primary Rotational Stability of Cylindrical and Conical Revision Hip Stems as a Function of Femoral Bone Defects:
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Biomechanical Analysis of the Use of Stems in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty; Bernardo Innocenti,
Edoardo Bori and Silvia Pianigiani; Bioengineering 2022, 9, 259.
https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9060259
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Stems With Bone Defects; Dario Guttowski, Dr Med Valerie Polster, Dipl-Ing Gerd Huber, Dr. Ing.
Michael M.Morlock, Prof. Dr. Klaus Püschel, Prof. Dr. med. Jakob Nüchtern; The Journal of
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Individual Revision Knee Arthroplasty Is a Safe Limb Salvage Procedure; Peter Savov,
Lars-Rene Tuecking, Henning Windhagen and Max Ettinger; Individual Revision Knee
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https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11060572