Transfer of tensile loads from a prosthesis to bone using porous titanium.
Animal experiments are reported in which porous titanium plugs were used to secure a prosthetic tendon to bone. The plugs remained fixed under functional load and were colonised by healthy lamellar bone. These results suggest that such plugs form reliable anchorages.
D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001862:Bone Resorption; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011859:Radiography; D013710:Tendons; D014025:Titanium
D014025:Titanium