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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2014

Surface Characterization of Retrieved Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Implants from Patients with Adverse Reaction to Metal Debris.

Maria Burbano, Robert Russell, Michael Huo, Robert Welch, Diana Roy, Danieli C Rodrigues

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Effect of Implant Size on Fretting Currents of Acetabular Cup-Liner Tapers During in Vitro Cyclic Loading.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maria BurbanoDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA. mxb121131@utdallas.edu.
Robert RussellDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 1801 Inwood Rd., Dallas, TX 75235, USA. rdrussell25@gmail.com.
Michael HuoDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 1801 Inwood Rd., Dallas, TX 75235, USA. michael.huo@utsouthwestern.edu.
Robert WelchDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 1801 Inwood Rd., Dallas, TX 75235, USA. bob.welch@utsouthwestern.edu.
Diana RoyDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA. dxr111730@utdallas.edu.
Danieli C RodriguesDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX 75080, USA. danieli@utdallas.edu.
The University of Texas at Dallas · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of metal-on-metal (MoM) total hip implants has decreased recently due to reports of high failure rates and adverse local tissue reaction (ALTR). It has been hypothesized that wear metal debris released from CoCr bearing surfaces may provoke delayed hypersensitivity reactions. The goal of this study is to evaluate the microscopic bearing surface characteristics of implants revised due to evidence of ALTR. The bearing surface of each head and cup was analyzed using multiple microscopy techniques for characterization of the surface features. The presence of severe mechanical scratching was a common characteristic found in all of the implants evaluated. Mechanical factors seemed to be the prevalent failure mode related to the appearance of ALTR with this particular set of retrieved implants.

Indexed as

adverse local tissue reactionmetal-on-metalpseudotumorretrieval

Identifiers

PMID28788544
PMCPMC5453258
OpenAlexW2165973833

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