Abstract
Taper fluted and cylindrical femoral stems have been commonly used for revision surgery with femoral bone loss. Shape and material differences between taper fluted and cylindrical confused surgeons whether superiority and inferiority in comparisons especially for type IIIB Paprosky bone deficiency. This study aims to investigate the micromotion between implant and bone interface and stress distribution around the implant in human cadaveric experiments. Paired comparisons of 7 cadavers between taper fluted stem and cylindrical stem were tested under dynamic cyclic loading. The results showed appropriate bone-implant micromotions for bone osteointegration could be observed between both taper fluted and cylindrical stems (85 ± 10μm and 113 ± 80μm respectively, p = 0.59). Taper fluted stem attained the load distribution from the proximal to distal surrounding bone (from 4.92 ± 2.87MPa to 2.14 ± 1.43MPa, p = 0.43), while the cylindrical stem type showed the proximal bone stress shielding (from 2.56 ± 0.76MPa to 5.23 ± 0.77MPa, p = 0.03). Both taper fluted and cylindrical femoral stems provided an adequate initial stability with a proper micromotions for bone-implant osteointegration for type IIIB Paprosky femoral bone loss. The taper fluted femoral stem had better biomechanical advantage in terms of greater stress transfer to periprosthetic bone.
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