Technical principles for removal of femoral bone cements in hip prosthesis implant revision
Lauer, W.; Neuss, M.; Wirtz, D.C.; Radermacher, K.
Biomedizinische Technik. Biomedical Engineering 47 Suppl. 1 Pt 1: 47-48
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0013-5585 PMID: 12451769 Document Number: 545838
As the removal of femoral bone cement is one of the most challenging tasks in cemented total Hip Revision, a lot of different technical devices have been developed to aid the surgeon. All of their pros and cons are partly consequences of the specific system-design but mainly arise from the basic physical principles used. The known methods and devices as well as their data-handling have therefore been analysed, reduced to their principles according to the criteria of systematic engineering design and systematized in order to provide a better comparability and starting point for the development of new devices.