Cortical hypertrophy with a short, curved uncemented hip stem does not have any clinical impact during early follow-up

Short stems have become more and more popular for cementless total hip arthroplasty in the past few years. While conventional, uncemented straight stems for primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) have shown high survival rates in the long term, it is not known whether uncemented short stems represent a reasonable alternative.