For use with a severe disabling and / or painful hip associated with the following: Advanced Avascular Necrosis, Disabling Rheumatoid Disease, Degenerative Coxarthrosis, Traumatic Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, or Rheumatoid Arthritis. The short stem is indicated in the face of an obstruction of the proximal medullary canal due to an old fracture or a prior corrective osteotomy, or in the presence of a significant varus deformity.