title: [Technical principles for removal of femoral bone cements in hip prosthesis implant revision].
abstract: As the removal of femoral bone cement is one of the most challenging tasks in cemented total Hip Revision, a lot of different technical devices have been developed to aid the surgeon. All of their pros and cons are partly consequences of the specific system-design but mainly arise from the basic physical principles used. The known methods and devices as well as their data-handling have therefore been analysed, reduced to their principles according to the criteria of systematic engineering design and systematized in order to provide a better comparability and starting point for the development of new devices.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biomedizinische Technologien, RWTH Aachen, Deutschland. lauer@hia.rwth-aachen.de
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lauer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neuss
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wirtz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Radermacher
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001843:Bone Cements; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D011475:Prosthesis Failure
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate