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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2020; 55(05): 597-604
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1708518
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Comparative Biomechanical Study of Crosslinked Polyethylene Wear with 36-mm Ceramic Femoral Heads and with 32-mm Metal Femoral Heads

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1   Disciplina de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Grupo de Quadril Adulto, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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1   Disciplina de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Grupo de Quadril Adulto, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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1   Disciplina de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Grupo de Quadril Adulto, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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2   Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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3   Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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1   Disciplina de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Grupo de Quadril Adulto, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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Abstract

Objective This study aims to compare the in vitro wear rate of crosslinked, high molecular weight polyethylene coupled to 36-mm diameter ceramic heads and 32-mm diameter metal heads.

Methods Ceramic-on-polyethylene (36 mm) and metal-on-polyethylene (32 mm) tribological pairs were submitted to biomechanical tests in a simulator to determine the wear rate after 15 × 106 cycles.

Results A statistically significant difference (p = 0.0005) was detected when comparing the wear rate of assemblies with metallic heads (average wear: 14.12 mg/MC) and ceramic heads (average wear: 7.46 mg/MC).

Conclusion The present study demonstrated the lower wear rate in prosthetic assemblies using 36-mm crosslinked ceramic-on-polyethylene tribological pairs compared to 32-mm crosslinked metal-on-polyethylene assemblies. This finding demonstrates the effectiveness of ceramic-on-polyethylene tribological pairs, even with large diameter heads.



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Eingereicht: 22. Juni 2019

Angenommen: 12. November 2019

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06. April 2020

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