Design and Analysis of Porous Functionally Graded Femoral Prostheses with Improved Stress Shielding

One of the most important problems of total hip replacement is aseptic loosening of the femoral component, which is related to the changes of the stress distribution pattern after implantation of the prosthesis. Stress shielding of the femur is recognized as a primary factor in aseptic loosening of...

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Main Authors: Morassa Jafari Chashmi, Alireza Fathi, Masoud Shirzad, Ramazan-Ali Jafari-Talookolaei, Mahdi Bodaghi, Sayed Mahmood Rabiee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Designs
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2411-9660/4/2/12