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Implant loosening, one of the major reasons for failure in total arthroplasty, is a very complex phenomenon because of the large number of mechanisms (mechanical and biological) which may cause it (1). Even so, in a wide range of cases, fracture of polymethylmethacrylate bone cement (from now on referred to as PMMA) appeared to be the source of loosening. This led to characterization analyses of the cement and, in recent years, many efforts have been made in an attempt to improve it. Particular attention was paid to the fatigue properties since PMMA fracture was seen to be cycle-dependent and not time-dependent on the applied stress (2).
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Castaldini, A., Cavallini, A., Pirini, R. (1987). Fatigue Behavior of Composite Bone Cement. In: Bergmann, G., Kölbel, R., Rohlmann, A. (eds) Biomechanics: Basic and Applied Research. Developments in Biomechanics, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3355-2_107
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