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Anchorage of femoral implants visualized by modified computed tomography

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Metallic implants produce a great deal of artifacts in standard CT images. These artifacts cover tissue structures and impede visualization of the anchorage of the implant within the bone. Thus a modified CT procedure has been developed to permit reconstructions free from artifacts. It is an iterative procedure using a maximum of measured projection data. Using this modified CT technique, the anchorage of a titanium-alloy femoral prosthesis implantet without cement was examined. Good contact of the implant with the cortical bone has documented. This promises good initial stability. The CT examinations were performed by using a special-purpose CT scanner. It is hoped that the modified CT technique will allow a quantification of bony tissue in the close vicinity of implants and thus provide a non-invasive procedure that will allow the long-term stability of implants to be evaluated.

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Metallische Implantate erzeugen im computertomographischen Querschnittsbild Artefakte. Diese überdecken Gewebestrukturen und verunmöglichen eine Beurteilung der Verankerung eines Implantates im Knochen. Es wurde daher ein neues Verfahren entwickelt, bei dem schrittweise der verfälschende Einfluß des Implantates auf die computertomographische Rekonstruktion reduziert wird. Dieses Verfahren wurde auf einen exzidierten Femur mit zementlos implantierter Schaftprothese aus einer Titanlegierung angewandt. Von der Implantatspitze bis zum Gelenkbeginn konnten damit Querschnitte von guter Qualität hergestellt werden. Mit dem neuen Verfahren sollte ein nicht-invasives Prozedere zur Verfügung stehen, das erlaubt, eine Quantifizierung des Knochengewebes in unmittelbarer Nähe des Implantates durchzuführen und die Langzeitstabilität einer Implantatsverankerung zu objektivieren.

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This study was supported partly by the Swiss National Science Foundation (3.893.-0.79) and the Medical Engineering Division of Sulzer Brothers Limited, Winterthur

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Seitz, P., Rüegsegger, P. Anchorage of femoral implants visualized by modified computed tomography. Arch. Orth. Traum. Surg. 100, 261–266 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00381666

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