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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Rehabil Res Dev. 2008;45(4):vii–xiv.

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Schematic of implantation of stem’s shaft in medullary canal of a cortical tube bone. 1 = shaft of stem, 2 = cortical wall of bone, 3 = endosteum removed by boring medullary canal prior to installation, A-A = cross-section, F1 = vertical load to shaft, F2 = reaction from bone walls.