The use of modular femoral stems in primary and revision arthroplasty of the hip has become popular within the last decade. On the other hand modularity creates new potential problems like fretting, crevice and galvanic corrosion, component loosening, dissociation and fracture of modular...

The use of modular femoral stems in primary and revision arthroplasty of the hip has become popular within the last decade. On the other hand modularity creates new potential problems like fretting, crevice and galvanic corrosion, component loosening, dissociation and fracture of modular...