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When a cement canal prosthesis is used as the femoral component in total hip replacement (THR), the penetration depth of the bone cement can be varied according to the cement implantation pressure. Using experimental data which give a relation between the pressure applied to the cement at implantation and the resulting shape of the cement layer, a three-dimensional finite element study was performed to calculate the stress distribution at the bone/bone cement interface. The calculations show that the interface stresses increase with increasing depth of penetration by the cement layer. The explanation of this effect is that as the bone cement penetrates further into the cancellous bone, the cancellous bone is stiffened and can no longer act as a soft interposition between cortical bone and bone cement. From these results and from the clinical requirement that as little bone as possible be destroyed in any kind of alloarthroplasty, we conclude that the penetration depth of bone cement into cancellous bone in THR should be minimized to the depth necessary in order to achieve sufficient initial stability of the implant. The results show that a cement-canal prosthesis meets these requirements if a cement implantation pressure of 1.0 bar is used.
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Jansson, V., Heimkes, B. & Zimmer, M. Stress transfer at the femoral bone/bone cement interface as a function of the cement thickness. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 112, 65–68 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00420256
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