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Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 12, Issue 6 | Pages 49 - 51
1 Dec 2023
Burden EG Whitehouse MR Evans JT


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 13, Issue 4 | Pages 43 - 45
2 Aug 2024
Evans JT Evans JP Whitehouse MR


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 9, Issue 2 | Pages 46 - 48
1 Apr 2020
Evans JT Whitehouse MR


Bone & Joint Research
Vol. 4, Issue 5 | Pages 78 - 83
1 May 2015
Martinkevich P Rahbek O Møller-Madsen B Søballe K Stilling M

Objectives

Lengthening osteotomies of the calcaneus in children are in general grafted with bone from the iliac crest. Artificial bone grafts have been introduced, however, their structural and clinical durability has not been documented. Radiostereometric analysis (RSA) is a very accurate and precise method for measurements of rigid body movements including the evaluation of joint implant and fracture stability, however, RSA has not previously been used in clinical studies of calcaneal osteotomies. We assessed the precision of RSA as a measurement tool in a lateral calcaneal lengthening osteotomy (LCLO).

Methods

LCLO was performed in six fixed adult cadaver feet. Tantalum markers were inserted on each side of the osteotomy and in the cuboideum. Lengthening was done with a plexiglas wedge. A total of 24 radiological double examinations were obtained. Two feet were excluded due to loose and poorly dispersed markers. Precision was assessed as systematic bias and 95% repeatability limits.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 92-B, Issue 8 | Pages 1176 - 1181
1 Aug 2010
Tayton E Evans S O’Doherty D

We implanted titanium and carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) femoral prostheses of the same dimensions into five prosthetic femora. An abductor jig was attached and a 1 kN load applied. This was repeated with five control femora. Digital image correlation was used to give a detailed two-dimensional strain map of the medial cortex of the proximal femur. Both implants caused stress shielding around the calcar. Distally, the titanium implant showed stress shielding, whereas the CFRP prosthesis did not produce a strain pattern which was statistically different from the controls. There was a reduction in strain beyond the tip of both the implants.

This investigation indicates that use of the CFRP stem should avoid stress shielding in total hip replacement.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 88-B, Issue 1 | Pages 120 - 122
1 Jan 2006
Kwong FNK Power RA

The outcome of a cemented hip arthroplasty is partly dependent on the type of cement which is used. The production of an interface gap between the stem and the cement mantle as a result of shrinkage of the cement, may be a factor involved. Palacos R, Palacos LV (both with gentamicin), CMW 1, CMW 2, CMW Endurance (CMWE) and Simplex were prepared under vacuum and allowed to cure overnight in similar cylinders. The next day this volume was determined by the displacement of water. Shrinkage varied between 3.82% and 7.08% with CMWE having the lowest and Palacos LV the highest. This could be a factor to consider when choosing a cement for a shape-closed stem.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 89-B, Issue 4 | Pages 557 - 560
1 Apr 2007
Davis ET Gallie P Macgroarty K Waddell JP Schemitsch E

A cadaver study using six pairs of lower limbs was conducted to investigate the accuracy of computer navigation and standard instrumentation for the placement of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing femoral component. The aim was to place all the femoral components with a stem-shaft angle of 135°.

The mean stem-shaft angle obtained in the standard instrumentation group was 127.7° (120° to 132°), compared with 133.3° (131° to 139°) in the computer navigation group (p = 0.03). The scatter obtained with computer-assisted navigation was approximately half that found using the conventional jig.

Computer navigation was more accurate and more consistent in its placement of the femoral component than standard instrumentation. We suggest that image-free computer-assisted navigation may have an application in aligning the femoral component during hip resurfacing.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 87-B, Issue 6 | Pages 879 - 883
1 Jun 2005
Diab M Poston JM Huber P Tencer AF

Repeated trauma to the radial head may be one of the causative factors in the genesis of osteochondritis dissecans of the capitellum. We measured the force, contact area and pressure across the radiocapitellar articulation of the elbow before and after radial shortening osteotomy in five fresh-frozen cadaver upper limbs with loads of 45, 90 and 135 N, respectively. Measurements were made on pressure-sensitive film placed in the radiocapitellar articulation with the forearm in the supinated, neutral and pronated positions before and after radial shortening. Radial shortening significantly reduced the mean force and contact area across the radiocapitellar articulation in all positions of the forearm.