Developed in 1970, by a professor and physician from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom, the Exeter hip stem was the first ever collarless, polished and tapered stem, a design which helped to significantly reduce implant loosening and the rate of revision surgery, according to the release.
In 1988, the Exeter hip again revolutionized hip replacement surgery when Stryker supplemented its design with femoral heads of different lengths and sizes, enabling surgeons to better recreate patients’ unique anatomy, according to the release.
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