The Self-Locking Balgrist Hip Socket for Cementless Fixation. Biomechanical Principles and Clinical Results

Abstract

The Authors illustrate the biomechanical principles that have governed the production of their Balgrist hip socket and present the clinical results up to the end of 1991 with 717 implants. By virtue of the specific design and the tightening mechanism, this socket lends itself particularly well for use in dysplastic acetabuli or in revision hip surgery, where bone grafts are required to fill cavities that have resulted from severe bone loss.