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. 2016 Oct 19;87(6):575–582. doi: 10.1080/17453674.2016.1244958

Table 3.

Signed migrations of the Bi-metric femoral stem as mean (95% CI) along and about the 3 orthogonal axes, measured with RSA at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 1 year, 2 years, and 5 years after surgery

Rotations, degrees
Rotations, degrees
Broaching Compaction Broaching Compaction
Medial-lateral (x-axis) Anterior/posterior tilt (x-axis)
 6 weeks 0.07 (0.006 to 0.13) 0.19 (0.08 to 0.30)  6 weeks −0.09 (−0.45 to 0.28) 0.01 (−0.20 to 0.23)
 12 weeks 0.06 (−0.07 to 0.20) 0.17 (0.03 to 0.30)  12 weeks −0.04 (−0.31 to 0.22) 0.08 (−1.70 to 0.03)
 1 year 0.07 (−0.05 to 0.18) 0.19 (0.05 to 0.33)  1 year −0.13 (−0.49 to 0.23) −0.01 (−0.35 to 0.33)
 2 years −0.02 (−0.20 to 0.15) 0.07 (−0.22 to 0.35)  2 years −0.13 (−0.63 to 0.36) 0.01 (−0.49 to 0.53)
 5 years −0.01 (−0.15 to 0.13) 0.16 (−0.003 to 0.32)  5 years −0.40 (−0.82 to −0.05) −0.21 (−0.62 to 0.26)
Proximal-distal (y-axis) Anteversion/retroversion (y-axis)
 6 weeks −1.06 (−1.85 to −0.27) −0.90 (−1.62 to −0.16)  6 weeks 1.99 (0.53 to 3.47) 1.89 (0.69 to 3.10)
 12 weeks −1.05 (−1.91 to −0.19) −0.96 (−1.72 to −0.19)  12 weeks 1.71 (0.24 to 3.18) 1.78 (0.50 to 3.08)
 1 year −0.99 (−1.81 to −0.18) −0.82 (−1.61 to −0.04)  1 year 1.99 (0.44 to 3.56) 1.93 (0.71 to 3.15)
 2 years −0.54 (−1.10 to 0.20) −0.32 (−0.67 to 0.03)  2 years 0.91 (0.28 to 1.54) 1.08 (0.18 to 2.09)
 5 years −0.88 (−1.77 to 0.003) −0.67 (−1.45 to 0.12)  5 years 1.67 (0.13 to 3.50) 1.61 (0.37 to 2.86)
Anterior-posterior (z-axis) Valgus/varus tilt (z-axis)
 6 weeks −0.46 (−0.74 to −0.17) −0.37 (−0.66 to 0.07)  6 weeks −0.18 (−0.29 to −0.06) −0.24 (−0.36 to −0.13)
 12 weeks −0.32 (−0.65 to 0.007) −0.41 (−0.60 to −0.21)  12 weeks −0.16 (−0.27 to −0.04) −0.24 (−0.40 to −0.09)
 1 year −0.41 (−0.78 to −0.03) −0.37 (−0.61 to −0.14)  1 year −0.24 (−0.45 to −0.04) −0.25 (−0.43 to −0.05)
 2 years −0.11 (−0.14 to −0.02) −0.20 (−0.53 to −0.12)  2 years −0.15 (−0.32 to −0.02) −0.04 (−0.32 to 0.25)
 5 years −0.18 (−0.61 to −0.03) −0.11 (−0.37 to −0.14)  5 years −0.39 (−0.68 to −0.11) −0.30 (−0.51 to −0.09)