“…His concept »low friction arthroplasty« still enjoys long term success with Kaplan-Meier survival rates of 85-90% after 20 years [24,36,39,44]. Other cemented stem designs showed a wide range between poor [2,7,41,45,46] and good results [12,15,21,29,30,47] both clinically and radiographically. However, it soon became obvious that not only stem design but, in particular, operative and cementing technique had to be considered important factors influencing the outcome of cemented THA.…”