(1) Marcel-Kerboull institute, 39, rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Abstract:
To avoid cement stem debonding of the Charnley prosthesis, I modified in 1972 the geometry of this prosthesis to subject the
cement only to stresses it can resist and protect it against harmful stresses. This was done by giving the stem such a shape
that the stresses within the cement would be decreased to a level consistent with its physical properties. On the acetabular
size, there has been no modification of the Charnley acetabular component, I only specified how to prepare the acetabulum and implant the socket in order to make it in mechanical harmony with the bone cavity.