Mechanical testing of impaction bone grafting in the tibia: INITIAL STABILITY AND DESIGN OF THE STEM From: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Toms, A D; McClelland, D; Chua, L; de Waal Malefijt, M; Et al | Copyright British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery May 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Clinical experience of impaction bone grafting for revision knee arthroplasty is limited, with initial stability of the tibial tray emerging as a major concern. The length of the stem and its diameter have been altered to improve stability. Our aim was to investigate the effect of the type of stem, support of the rim and graft impaction on early stability of the tray.

We developed a system for impaction grafting of trays which we used with morsellised bone in artificial tibiae. Trays w...