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morphoadaptation
The
above morphometric data is needed to solve the
"container/content" dilemma and appreciate the bone /
implant suitability.
An
other words, should the bone be adapted to the prosthesis,
or the prosthesis to the bone. This is what we have called
morphoadaptation.
Morphoadaptation helps achieve the purpose :
performing a purely metaphysis anchoring, without any shaft
fastening, in order to spread the stress
evenly.
The insufficient adaptation of
femur parts often explains the migrations, thigh pain,
stress shielding effects and even a surprising weakness of
massive prostheses that are too attached shaft-wise, and not
enough metaphysis-wise.
That
is how the ESOP HA concept was born, and resulted in the
two-part femur prosthesis, introducing the
metaphysiary-shaft modularity in first intention femoral
rods and allowing morphoadaptation./DIV>
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