Clinical and simulator wear study of alumina ceramic THR to 17 years and beyond
- 12 September 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials
- Vol. 67B (1) , 638-647
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.10048
Abstract
Three THAs with cementless monolithic alumina ceramic sockets and cementless Co‐alloy stems were retrieved because of aseptic loosening after 17 and 24 years. At revision heads and cups were marked for orientation. Maps were drawn of wear patterns with the use of light microscopy and surveyed by SEM. In a simulator experiment 28‐mm‐diameter alumina heads and liners were used. The cups were mounted inverted in a hip simulator and run with calf serum as the lubricant. The hip loads were 2 kN maximum and a 1‐Hz frequency for 20 million cycles. Wear severity was classified into five grades. In retrieved implants, SEM analysis showed that the main wear zones (MWZ) had Grade 4 wear. The peripheral wear zones (PWZ) showed grain pull‐out regions (Grade 5 wear). These corresponded to neck‐socket impingement and head‐acetabular cup separation. Gray was due to transferred CoCr particles from the stem. In the simulator study, the MWZ had only localized areas of grain pull out surrounded by polished surface regions (Grade 4 wear) at 20 million cycles; stripe wear was not seen. The alumina ceramic bearings proved excellent up to 22 years in simulator studies and clinical studies. However, microseparation kinematics would be necessary in the simulator to duplicate the more peripheral wear zones. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater 67B: 638–647, 2003Keywords
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