Does high-flexion total knee arthroplasty promote early loosening of the femoral component?

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 976-983

  Zelle, Jorrit ^a   Janssen, Dennis ^a   Van Eijden, Jolanda ^a   De Waal Malefijt, Maarten ^a   Verdonschot, Nico ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

femoral loosening; finite element analysis; high flexion; implant cement interface; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; KNEE FUNCTION; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; RANGE OF MOTION; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE CEMENTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR; FIBULA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATELLA; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

EID: 79955922923     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21363     Document Type: Article

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