Finite element modelling of the resurfaced femoral head
Taylor, M. (2006) Finite element modelling of the resurfaced femoral head. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 220, (2), 289-297. (doi:10.1243/095441105X9363).
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Failure of the resurfaced femoral head may occur in the short term owing to femoral
neck fracture or in the long term owing to aseptic loosening as a result of strain shielding.
Resurfacing arthroplasties are not all the same. In particular, there is considerable debate
regarding the role of the metaphyseal stem and cementing technique. This study examines the
influence of various metaphyseal stem configurations (diameter, percentage length in contact
with bone, and bonded versus debonded) and cement mantle thickness on the load transfer
within the femoral head. Resurfacing resulted in significant strain shielding in the superior
femoral head and elevated strain in the superior femoral neck. Although the increase in strain
in the femoral neck was significant, the mean strains were below the yield strain for cancellous
bone. Peak strains were observed above the yield strain, but they accounted for less than 1 per
cent of the total head–neck bone volume and therefore were unlikely to result in femoral neck
fracture. Increasing the stem diameter and increasing the percentage stem length in contact
with bone both increased the degree of strain shielding. Bonding the metaphyseal stem produced
the most dramatic strain shielding, which also extended into the head–neck junction.
In contrast, varying the cement mantle thickness had a negligible effect on the load transfer.
|Subjects:||T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery|
|Divisions:||University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Engineering Sciences > Bioengineering Sciences
|Date Deposited:||17 Jan 2007|
|Last Modified:||27 Mar 2014 18:27|
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