Changes in femur stress after hip resurfacing arthroplasty: response to physiological loads.

BACKGROUND: Hip resurfacing arthroplasty is being increasingly considered as an alternative to total hip arthroplasty in young, active patients. Hip resurfacing arthroplasty is reported to preserve the normal joint mechanics. However, there is concern, in the short term, due to frequent occurrence o...

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Main Authors: Little, J, Taddei, F, Viceconti, M, Murray, D, Gill, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007
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author Little, J
Taddei, F
Taddei, F
Viceconti, M
Viceconti, M
Murray, D
Murray, D
Gill, H
Gill, H
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Taddei, F
Taddei, F
Viceconti, M
Viceconti, M
Murray, D
Murray, D
Gill, H
Gill, H
author_sort Little, J
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description BACKGROUND: Hip resurfacing arthroplasty is being increasingly considered as an alternative to total hip arthroplasty in young, active patients. Hip resurfacing arthroplasty is reported to preserve the normal joint mechanics. However, there is concern, in the short term, due to frequent occurrence of femoral neck fractures. METHODS: We evaluated changes in femoral mechanics after hip resurfacing arthroplasty. We used an experimentally validated, distributed material finite element model of a cadaveric femur before and after hip resurfacing arthroplasty. Bone stiffness and strength values representing normal, elderly and osteoporotic bone were used. For a physiological load case, bone strains were compared with literature values for total hip arthroplasty and a risk of fracture scalar calculated. FINDINGS: The changes in peak stresses after hip resurfacing arthroplasty were low in relation to the failure strength of bone and the fracture risk was low. The intact and implanted finite element models showed bone strains after hip resurfacing arthroplasty were closer to the intact condition than after total hip arthroplasty. INTERPRETATION: The bone stresses predicted after resurfacing in both the normal and aged femoral neck were not sufficient to be a potential cause of fracture.
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spelling oxford-uuid:bb8a3f86-38f2-48c6-bfe2-19be9f80963b2022-03-29T17:18:59ZChanges in femur stress after hip resurfacing arthroplasty: response to physiological loads.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:bb8a3f86-38f2-48c6-bfe2-19be9f80963bEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Little, JTaddei, FTaddei, FViceconti, MViceconti, MMurray, DMurray, DGill, HGill, HBACKGROUND: Hip resurfacing arthroplasty is being increasingly considered as an alternative to total hip arthroplasty in young, active patients. Hip resurfacing arthroplasty is reported to preserve the normal joint mechanics. However, there is concern, in the short term, due to frequent occurrence of femoral neck fractures. METHODS: We evaluated changes in femoral mechanics after hip resurfacing arthroplasty. We used an experimentally validated, distributed material finite element model of a cadaveric femur before and after hip resurfacing arthroplasty. Bone stiffness and strength values representing normal, elderly and osteoporotic bone were used. For a physiological load case, bone strains were compared with literature values for total hip arthroplasty and a risk of fracture scalar calculated. FINDINGS: The changes in peak stresses after hip resurfacing arthroplasty were low in relation to the failure strength of bone and the fracture risk was low. The intact and implanted finite element models showed bone strains after hip resurfacing arthroplasty were closer to the intact condition than after total hip arthroplasty. INTERPRETATION: The bone stresses predicted after resurfacing in both the normal and aged femoral neck were not sufficient to be a potential cause of fracture.
spellingShingle Little, J
Taddei, F
Taddei, F
Viceconti, M
Viceconti, M
Murray, D
Murray, D
Gill, H
Gill, H
Changes in femur stress after hip resurfacing arthroplasty: response to physiological loads.
title Changes in femur stress after hip resurfacing arthroplasty: response to physiological loads.
title_full Changes in femur stress after hip resurfacing arthroplasty: response to physiological loads.
title_fullStr Changes in femur stress after hip resurfacing arthroplasty: response to physiological loads.
title_full_unstemmed Changes in femur stress after hip resurfacing arthroplasty: response to physiological loads.
title_short Changes in femur stress after hip resurfacing arthroplasty: response to physiological loads.
title_sort changes in femur stress after hip resurfacing arthroplasty response to physiological loads
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