Surface pretreatment for prolonged survival of cemented tibial prosthesis components: full- vs. surface-cementation technique

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>One of few persisting problems of cemented total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is aseptic loosening of tibial component due to degradation of the interface between bone cement and metallic tibial shaft component, particularly for surface c...

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Main Authors: Niethard Fritz, Wirtz Dieter, Qunaibi Mutaz, Marx Rudolf, Mumme Thorsten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-10-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Online Access:http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/4/1/61