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Title
Surface damage versus tibial polyethylene insert conformity: a retrieval study.
Authors
Wimmer, Markus A; Laurent, Michel P; Haman, Jeannie D; Jacobs, Joshua J; Galante, Jorge O
Abstract
Surface damage of the tibial polyethylene insert in TKA is thought to diminish with increasing conformity, based on computed lower contact stresses. Added constraint from higher conformity may, however, result in greater forces in vivo.
Publication
Clinical orthopaedics and related research, 2012, Vol 470, Issue 7, p1814