Fig. 4From: Shape-memory sawtooth-arm embracing clamp used in complex femoral revision hip arthroplasty for stem stability: average 9-year follow-up study A 71-year-old female patient experienced left aseptic loosening 10 years after primary hip arthroplasty. A Preoperative radiograph. B Immediately after surgery. C 3 years after surgery. No evident stress shielding was detected. D 8 years after surgery, there was obvious cortical and diaphyseal bone resorption in the proximal medial femurBack to article page