Cemented femur
Goals in femoral cementing
Optimize cement-bone interface
Cement mantle free of defects
Minimum 2 mm thickness
Femoral component centred in cement mantle
Survival
Swedish Joint Registry
Reflection All Poly / Spectron 92% 10 year
goals
Fibula hemimelia
Definition
Deficiency of bony elements on lateral side of lower limb
- characterised by hypoplastic or aplastic fibula
Types
Terminal
- abnormal foot
Intercalary
- normal foot
Epidemiology
Most common congenital deformity of long bones
- M:F 2:1