| Profemur R Total Hip System
 
The PROFEMUR® R Revision Prosthesis has
been designed for the replacement of loose femoral prosthetic
components that often cause osteolysis in the proximal portion
of the femur.
The prosthesis is modular and cementless.
The current PROFEMUR® R prosthetic design
follows a considerable period of laboratory testing and clinical
trials which commenced in 1990 in German and Italian hospitals
specializing in hip revision surgery. The initial requirement
was that the system must allow the surgeon to adapt pre-operatively
to a diverse range of surgical problems following removal
of both cemented and cementless implants, as well as, offering
a viable solution to difficult primary indications. Therefore,
it was necessary to provide a system that offered flexibility
of design, without compromising the intrinsic characteristics
of a successful prosthetic hip joint.
The PROFEMUR® R is a modular prosthesis
comprised of four principal parts:
- Distal stem with cutting flanges for the diaphyseal fixation
- Proximal component for support in the metaphyseal region
- Modular Necks
- Head
The PROFEMUR® Hip System provides surgeons
with a approach to total hip arthroplasty. Proximal and distal
segments allow easy matching of implants to host bone. Splined,
tapered and plasma-sprayed components provide optional distal
fixation methods. The unique modular
neck component allows soft tissue balancing and easy restoration
of the hip joint center of rotation. This
modular approach to implant design provides surgeons with
unsurpassed options for primary and revision hip surgery.
The PROFEMUR® Hip System has been an
evolutionary design. Developed at Wright Cremascoli Ortho,
with over ten years of clinical experience and more than 4,000
implanted, it has been used not only as a revision implant,
but a primary stem as well. Today Wright Medical offers the
PROFEMUR® System with enhanced instruments and additional
stem designs to provide our customers with a comprehensive
implant system to appeal to virtually any physician's preference
in implant selection.
For more information on the Profemur R Total
Hip System such as brochures, articles, video etc., please
contact Ortotech
or visit the official Profemur R site:
http://www.wmt.com/Physicians/Products/Hips/
PROFEMURTotalHipSystem.asp
or
http://www.wmt.com/Physicians/Products/Hips/
PROFEMURRRevisionProsthesis.asp
  
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