Comparative analysis of the biomechanical behavior of two different design metaphyseal-fitting short stems using digital image correlation

Abstract Background The progressive evolution in hip replacement research is directed to follow the principles of bone and soft tissue sparing surgery. Regarding hip implants, a renewed interest has been raised towards short uncemented femoral implants. A heterogeneous group of short stems have been...

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Main Authors: I. Tatani, P. Megas, A. Panagopoulos, I. Diamantakos, Ph. Nanopoulos, Sp. Pantelakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-020-00806-y