Stress distribution in a femoral implant with and without bone cement and at different inclination angles

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate numerically the effects of the inclination (collodiaphyseal) angle and bone cement (polymethylmethacrylate) filling on the stress distribution of human femurs and implants after the implementation of a partial endoprotez arthroplasty. Ti6Al4V, which is the most commonly used implant material, was choosen for this study. In the numerical study, solid models of implants and femurs were created using the SolidWorks 2010 package program, then stress analyses were carried out at five different inclination angles, 120°, 125°, 130°, 135° and 140°, with and without bone cement (polymethylmethacrylate), using the ANSYS Workbench 12.0 package program. The anteversion angle was assumed to be 12.5° for all models. As a result of the increase in the inclination angle and the addition of bone cement, it was determined that the stress values of the femurs and implants were reduced. Within the limitations of this study it has been shown that parameters like bone cement, anteversion angle, and an appropriate inclination angle should be tested previous to partial endoprosthesis arthroplasty surgery necessary as a result of damage to the human femur. © Carl Hanser Verlag, München Materials Testing.