Influence of Screw Holes in Tibial Tray on Wear of UHMWPE in Knee Prosthesis
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- CHO Chang hee
- Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
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- MURAKAMI Teruo
- Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
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- SAWAE Yoshinori
- Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
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- NAKASHIMA Kazuhiro
- Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 223 人工膝関節の脛骨金属ベースのネジ穴が UHMWPE の摩耗に及ぼす影響
Abstract
The wear phenomenon of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) in the knee and hip prostheses is one of the major restriction factors on the longevity of these implants. Especially in retrieved knee prostheses with screw holes in the tibial tray, the cold flow into the screw holes is frequently observed on the undersurface of the UHMWPE tibial components. In most retrieved cases, the protruded areas of cold flow on the undersurface were located at the reverse side of the severely worn surface of the UHMWPE tibial component. It appears that the cold flow into screw holes contributes to increase of wear of the UHMWPE tibial components. In this study, knee joint simulator tests were performed to investigate the influence of the cold flow into screw holes on the wear of UHMWPE. Significant cold flow into screw hole was identified in the undersurface of the UHMWPE specimen, and was associated with delamination in the contact area on the opposite side of the specimen.
Journal
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- The proceedings of the JSME annual meeting
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The proceedings of the JSME annual meeting 2002.1 (0), 65-66, 2002
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282681034617472
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- NII Article ID
- 110002523526
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- ISSN
- 24331325
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed