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Lookup NU author(s): Israel Ramirez Martinez, Dr Simon Smith, Professor Tom Joyce
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© 2019The generation of polyethylene wear debris, and the subsequent tissue reaction to such debris is considered to be a limitation in the long-term survival of shoulder arthroplasties. The purpose of this study was to investigate, for the first time, the wear of a novel PyroCarbon-on-Polyethylene (PyCoP) shoulder arthroplasty system. A 5 million cycle wear test was performed on PyroCarbon humeral heads, which were articulated against commercially available polyethylene glenoid insert components to form an anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA). A “Repeat-motion-load” physiological combined cycle was applied using the unique Newcastle Shoulder Wear Simulator. Wear was assessed gravimetrically, and the change of the surface roughness was measured with a non-contacting profilometer. The mean wear rate of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) components was 19.3 ± 9.5 mm3/million cycles after 5 million cycles of testing. The roughness value, Sa, of the UHMWPE glenoid inserts, reduced, changing from 296 ± 28 nm Sa to 32 ± 8 nm Sa. In contrast, the mean roughness of the PyroCarbon humeral heads remained in the same range (21 ± 2 nm Sa to 20 ± 10 nm Sa). There was no reduction in weight (no measurable wear) of the PyroCarbon humeral heads over the duration of testing. This study is the first to describe the wear performance of UHMWPE glenoid inserts against PyroCarbon humeral heads. No significant difference in the wear of UHMWPE was found in comparison with published studies.
Author(s): Ramirez-Martinez I, Smith SL, Trail IA, Joyce TJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Year: 2020
Volume: 103
Print publication date: 01/03/2020
Online publication date: 25/11/2019
Acceptance date: 22/11/2019
Date deposited: 06/02/2020
ISSN (print): 1751-6161
ISSN (electronic): 1878-0180
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.103553
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.103553
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