Although there was a clear trend for worse long-term survivorship with a grit-blasted curved stem, with a HR of 4.6 in reference to the Anatomic Acumed implant, with the numbers available, differences in survivorship did not reach statistical significance based on either implant design or cemented versus cementless fixation.
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Radial Head Replacement for Acute Radial Head Fractures: Outcome and Survival of Three Implant Designs With and Without Cement Fixation.
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The differences in survivorship between the 3 implants did not reach statistical significance, but the nonanatomic design with a grit-blasted ingrowth curved stem had a hazard ratio of 4.6 (95% CI = 0.9%–23%) for failure.