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Lookup NU author(s): Shannen Chacko Rajan, Dr Oana Bretcanu, Professor David Deehan, Professor Tom Joyce
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© 2022. There are two different concepts behind Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (UKR). Mobile bearings, as exemplified by the Oxford UKR, and fixed bearings, as exemplified by the Physica ZUK. These are the two most commonly implanted UKRs in the UK. For the first time, a comparison of the tribological features of 19 explanted Oxford and 19 explanted Physica ZUK UKRs was undertaken. Surface damage on the polyethylene (PE) inserts of the Oxford and Physica ZUK cohorts were assessed using an established semi-quantitative scoring method. The femoral components of both cohorts were assessed using a non-contact 3D profilometer to measure roughness values. It was found that the PE inserts of the Oxford cohort (22.54 ± 9.14) had statistically significant greater damage scores than the Physica ZUK cohort (16.50 ± 5.17) (p = 0.04). However, the femoral components of the Oxford cohort showed lower roughness values than the Physica ZUK cohort (p = 0.00). This is the first study that reports a comparative roughness analysis between retrieved Oxford and Physica ZUK UKR designs.
Author(s): Chacko Rajan S, Bretcanu O, Deehan DJ, Joyce TJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Year: 2022
Volume: 127
Print publication date: 01/03/2022
Online publication date: 08/01/2022
Acceptance date: 03/01/2022
Date deposited: 23/03/2022
ISSN (print): 1751-6161
ISSN (electronic): 1878-0180
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105076
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105076
ePrints DOI: 10.57711/6rhp-a849
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