Table 3-.
Recorded temperature of the bone at the depth of 2mm from the surface at three anatomical regions. For the regions with potential risk of necrosis, exposure time of the temperature-rise was reported as well.
| Greater trochanter | Trochanteric crest | Neck | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | PMMA Volume (ml) | Peak Temperature-rise (°C) | >8 °C [s] | >10 °C [s] | Peak Temperature-rise (°C) | >8 °C [s] | >10 °C [s] | Peak Temperature-rise (°C) | |||
| 1 | 7.1 | 10.65 | 354 | 155 | 7.20 | - | - | 7.96 | |||
| 2 | 10.5 | 13.89 | 528 | 410 | 7.42 | - | - | 7.69 | |||
| 3 | 9.4 | 9.31 | 227 | - | 3.23 | - | - | 2.83 | |||
| 4 | 8.3 | 12.28 | 771 | 465 | 2.68 | - | - | 2.68 | |||
| 5 | 9.1 | 8.91 | 333 | - | 12.30 | 772 | 524 | 6.12 | |||
| 6 | 10.3 | 17.77 | 1121 | 831 | 4.16 | - | - | 4.26 | |||