Why Read?
Let me be crystal clear. The purpose of this article is to "right a clinical wrong".We must: 1/ support the startups bringing anatomic stems back to market, 2/ pressure “Big Ortho” to bring back their anatomic stems.
During an eye-opening BoneChat discussion with Dr. Kurt Biggs and Dr. David Kirwan we pulled back the curtain on a long-standing industry secret: anatomic hip stems are clinically superior for reducing dislocations, yet the "Big Orthos" have systematically abandoned them.
Why "Big Ortho" sacrificed hip stability for generic stems
For decades, the orthopedic industry ...