Notching of the Anterior Femoral Cortex During Total Knee Arthroplasty. Characteristics That Increase Local Stresses

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 737-743

  Zalzal, Paul ^a   Backstein, David ^a   Gross, Allan E ^a   Papini, Marcello ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

anterior femoral notching; finite element analysis; periprosthetic femur fracture; stress concentrations; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE STRESS; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR MALFORMATION; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; RISK FACTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33746317025     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2005.08.020     Document Type: Article

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