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Vacuum assisted glenoid fixation is an effective cementing technique for durable fixation

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August 2013

Vacuum assisted glenoid fixation is an effective cementing technique for durable fixation

Vol: 2| Issue: 7| Number:122| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Vacuum assist glenoid fixation: does this technique lead to a more durable glenoid component?

J Shoulder Elbow Surg; 2011; 20(7): 1050-1060

Contributing Authors:
R Michael Gross Robin High Kimberly Apker John Haggstrom Jennifer Allen Fehringer Jill Stephan

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Synopsis

96 patients with non-inflammatory arthritis, who were scheduled for a total shoulder arthroplasty, were randomized to receive a vacuum assist (weep-hole) technique for the implantation of the glenoid component or the traditional third generation methods. The surrogate of the adequacy of fixation being the area of bone cement measured by radiographs. It was found that the vacuum assist had a greate...

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