A different fixation of the femoral component in total knee arthroplasty may lead to preservation of femoral bone stock

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 325-332

  Barink, M ^a   Verdonschot, N ^a   De Waal Malefijt, M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone remodelling; Finite element; Polished anterior flange; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINT PROSTHESES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL); FLANGES; KNEE PROSTHESES; ORTHOPEDICS;

BONE REMODELLING; DISTAL ANTERIOR FEMUR; FEMORAL BONE STOCK; FEMORAL COMPONENT; FEMORAL IMPLANT; MICROMOTIONS; POLISHED ANTERIOR FLANGE; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

FRACTURE FIXATION; ARTHROPLASTY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE REMODELING; CEMENTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE REMODELING; BONE RESORPTION; CEMENTATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

BONDING CHARACTERISTICS; BONE REMODELLING; FEMORAL COMPONENT; FRICTION CHARACTERISTICS; IMPLANT-BONE INTERFACE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0142118254     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441103770802487     Document Type: Article

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