STUDY DESIGN Prospective, single-center 2-year study. OBJECTIVE The long-term clinical performance of a new cement-directing kyphoplasty system was evaluated for treatment of painful osteoporotic compression fractures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Cement leakage is a common clinical complication of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures. Balloon kyphoplasty restricts cement flow and reduce...

Fiber reinforced concrete is a composite material consisting of mixtures of cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate and fibers. The fiber reinforced concrete exhibits better fatigue strength and increased static and dynamic tensile strength and compressive strength. In this project, the strength of fiber reinforced concrete was investigated partial replacement of cement with rice husk ash and ...

Fundamental interactions between polymeric superplasticizers and cement are studied. Cements with different alite-, belite-, C3Aand C4AF-contents are used. The use of commercially available superplasticizers like melamine formaldehyde sulfite(MFS) and β-naphthalene sulfonic acid formaldehyde-(NSF) resins is investigated. These superplasticizers (industrial products) are characterized by means o...

This paper preliminarily investigates the general transport properties (i.e., water sorptivity, water permeability, and gas permeability) of carbon-nanotube/cement composites. Carboxyl multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) are dispersed into cement mortar to fabricate the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced cement-based composites by applying ultrasonic energy in combination with the use of surf...

The aim of this study was to assess the uniaxial tensile strength after thermal cycling in replicas of CeraOne abutments (abutment and coping sets), using four types of cements (n = 10). A zinc phosphate cement (Fosfato de Zinco/ SSW), a resin-modified glass ionomer cement (RelyX luting / 3M-ESPE), a zinc oxide-eugenol cement (ZOE/ SSW) and a zinc oxide cement without eugenol (TempBond NE/ KERR...

Despite the widespread use of cement as a means of fixation of implants to bone, surprisingly little is known about the micromechanical behavior in terms of the local interfacial motion. In this work, we utilized digital image correlation techniques to quantify the micromechanics of the cement-bone interface of laboratory-prepared cemented total hip replacements subjected to nondestructive, qua...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Two contradictory cementing techniques (using an undersized stem versus a canal-filling stem) can both lead to excellent survival rates, a phenomenon known as the "French paradox". Furthermore, previous studies have indicated that the type of bone supporting the cement mantle may affect implant survival. To further evaluate the mechanical consequences of variations in cem...

INTRODUCTION Cement augmentation of pedicle screws has been shown to improve screw fixation in osteopenic spines. The use of polymethylmethacrylate cement augmentation has been documented in various studies using a number of different techniques: cement injection directly into an open pilot hole, through cannulated screws, using implanted sleeves, and using kyphoplasty techniques. Complications...

The influences of nano-ZrO2 (NZ), nano-TiO2 (NT), nano-Fe2O3 (NF) and nano-Al2O3 (NA) additions on properties of the fresh and hardened cement paste in comparison with the fine cement paste were experimentally studied. Mini slump and flow cone tests were conducted on fresh cement pastes. Moreover the compressive and tensile strength of hardened cement paste were measured. SEM micrographs and XR...