Study of an additional layer of cement mantle hip joints for reducing cracks

J. Jamari*, Eko Saputra, Iwan Budiwan Anwar, Emile Van Der Heide

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    Abstract

    Failure of the cement mantle in total hip arthroplasty is not a simple phenomenon. Cracking, which can be caused by crack initiation and repeated loading, can cause loosening of the acetabular liner component. A previous study showed that addition of a metal layer between the liner and acetabular could reduce the stress at the contact surface of the cement mantle. This study elaborates on the performance of the additional layer. Several material properties of the layer were simulated using finite element analysis for maximum performance. A static contact analysis was used to simulate the stresses at the contact surface of the cement mantle. The results show that an additional layer of cobalt chrome produced the best performance.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number40
    JournalJournal of Functional Biomaterials
    Volume10
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 6 Sept 2019

    Keywords

    • Additional layer
    • Cement mantle
    • Hip joint
    • Liner

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