Trade-off between stress shielding and initial stability on an anatomical cementless stem shortening: in-vitro biomechanical study. Issue 8 (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yamako, Go; Chosa, Etsuo; Totoribe, Koji; Watanabe, Shinji; Sakamoto, Takero
• Is Part Of: Medical engineering & physics. Volume 37:Issue 8(2015:Aug.)
• Page Start: 820
• Page End: 825
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Biomedical engineering -- Periodicals; Biomedical Engineering -- Periodicals; Physics -- Periodicals; Génie biomédical -- Périodiques; Biomedical engineering; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.05.017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1350-4533

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0001"> <title id="cesectitle0001">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spara0001"> <list id="celist0001"> <list-item id="celistitem0001"> <label></label> <p id="para0001">Short stems are becoming popular with minimally invasive THA.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="celistitem0002"> <label></label> <p id="para0002">The effect of stem shortening on initial stability and stress shielding is unclear.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="celistitem0003"> <label></label> <p id="para0003">We experimentally tested how stem shortening affected the biomechanical performance.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="celistitem0004"> <label></label> <p id="para0004">There is a trade-off between stress shielding and initial stability.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="celistitem0005"> <label></label> <p id="para0005">A 50 mm stem promoted greater load transfer with sufficient stability.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>