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Trial reportActa orthopaedica2014

Wear of a sequentially annealed polyethylene acetabular liner.

Trevor C Gascoyne, Martin J Petrak, Thomas R Turgeon, Eric R Bohm

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Acta orthopaedica, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Trevor C GascoyneOrthopaedic Innovation Centre.
Martin J Petrak
Thomas R Turgeon
Eric R Bohm
Orthopaedic Innovation Centre · CAUniversity of Manitoba · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeWe previously reported on a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that examined the effect of adding tobramycin to bone cement after femoral stem migration. The present study examined femoral head penetration into both conventional and highly crosslinked polyethylene acetabular liners in the same group of RCT patients, with a minimum of 5 years of postoperative follow-up. PATIENTS AND

methodsLinear penetration of the femoral head into an X3 (Stryker) crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) liner was measured in 18 patients (19 hips) using radiostereometric analysis (RSA). Femoral head penetration was also measured in 6 patients (6 hips) with a conventional polyethylene liner (CPE), which served as a control group.

resultsThe median proximal femoral head penetration in the XLPE group after 5.5 years was 0.025 mm with a steady-state penetration rate of 0.001 mm/year between year 1 and year 5. The CPE liner showed a median proximal head penetration of 0.274 mm after 7.2 years, at a rate of 0.037 mm/year.

interpretationThe Trident X3 sequentially annealed XLPE liner shows excellent in vivo wear resistance compared to non-crosslinked CPE liners at medium-term implantation. The rate of linear head penetration in the XLPE liners after > 5 years of follow-up was 0.001 mm/year, which is in close agreement with the results of previous studies.

Indexed as

PolyethyleneProsthesis FailureAcetabulumAgedAged, 80 and overArthroplasty, Replacement, HipBone CementsFemaleFemur HeadHumansMaleMiddle AgedRadiostereometric AnalysisBone CementsPolyethylene

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PMID25140986
PMCPMC4164863
OpenAlexW1932732238

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