title: Experience with the Exeter total hip replacement since 1970.
abstract: The satisfactory long-term radiographic appearances with the use of the collarless, smooth, polished, tapered stem encourage its continued use. With the same stem geometry shortly to become available with interchangeable heads, the capacity for the surgeon to change the bearings when polythene wear starts to become marked should address what certainly will emerge as one of the major long-term problems of total hip arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gie
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ling
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001843:Bone Cements; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000209:etiology; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements