Unveiling additively manufactured cellular structures in hip implants: a comprehensive review

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A2 Katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2024-02

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en

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50

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International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Volume 130, issue 9-10, pp. 4073-4122

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The prospect of improved quality of life and the increasingly younger age of patients benefiting from Total Hip Arthroplasty will soon lead to the landmark of 10 million interventions per year worldwide. More than 10% of these procedures lead to significant bone resorption, increasing the need for revision surgeries. Current research focuses on the development of hip implant designs to achieve a stiffness profile closer to the natural bone. Additive Manufacturing has emerged as a viable solution by offering promising results in the fabrication of implant architectures based on metallic cellular structures that have demonstrated their capacity to replicate bone behavior mechanically and biologically. Aiming to offer an up-to-date overview of titanium cellular structures in hip implants, for both acetabular and femoral components, produced by Additive Manufacturing, including its design intricacies and performance, this comprehensive review meticulously examines the historical development of hip implants, encompassing commercial solutions and innovative attempts. A broad view of the practical applications and transformative potential of hip implants incorporating cellular structures is presented, aiming to outline opportunities for innovation.

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Funding Information: Open access funding provided by FCT|FCCN (b-on). This work was supported by FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) through the grant 2023.02487.BD and by the project PTDC/EME-EME/1442/2020 (Add2MechBio). Additionally, this work was supported by FCT national funds under the national support to R&D units grant through the reference projects UIDB/04436/2020 and UIDP/04436/2020. Finally, this work was also developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDB/50011/2020, UIDP/50011/2020 & LA/P/0006/2020, financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC (PIDDAC). Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).

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Additive manufacturing, Architectured hip implants, Cellular structures, Metallic materials, Osteointegration, Total hip arthroplasty

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Dias, J M, da Silva, F S C P, Gasik, M, Miranda, M G M & Bartolomeu, F J F 2024, ' Unveiling additively manufactured cellular structures in hip implants: a comprehensive review ', International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 130, no. 9-10, pp. 4073-4122 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-12769-0