Journal article
Role of an Anterior Flange on Cortical Strains Through the Distal Humerus After Total Elbow Arthroplasty With a Latitude Implant
Abstract
PURPOSE: Anterior flanges have been added to the humeral components of some total elbow arthroplasty systems to improve load transfer to the humerus and thereby reduce stress shielding in an effort to decrease the incidence of loosening. Either a wedge of bone or bone cement is placed between the anterior surface of the humerus and the flange. The purpose of this study was to quantify the cortical strains in the humerus as a function of these …
Authors
Quenneville CE; Austman RL; King GJW; Johnson JA; Dunning CE
Journal
The Journal Of Hand Surgery, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 927–931
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.02.020
ISSN
0363-5023