ReviewEFORT open reviews2020
Taper corrosion: a complication of total hip arthroplasty.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Similarly low blood metal ion levels at 10-years follow-up of total hip arthroplasties with Oxinium, CoCrMo, and stainless steel femoral heads. Data from a randomized clinical trial.Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials · 2023Trial
- Results of an Ultra Short Metaphyseal Filling Cementless Stem in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty: Mean 12.1-Year Follow-up.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Findings From 333 Retrieved MoM Total Hip Arthroplasty Components of a Single Design Reveal Modular Interface Corrosion as Most Common Feature.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2026Article
- Bridging the Compatibility Gap in Revision Hip Arthroplasty with 14/16 Tapers: Long-Term Outcomes of the Bioball™ System.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- CORR Insights®: Taper Junction Subsidence Occurs in Modular Tumor Endoprostheses: How Concerned Should We Be?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2025Article
- Characterization of Micro-Threaded Stem Taper Surfaces of Cementless Hip Endoprostheses.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Modular Well-Fixed Hip Revision Stem Fracture: A Case Report and Literature Review.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2024Article
- Trunnionosis in metal-on-polyethylene total hip arthroplasties: Report two cases.International journal of surgery case reports · 2023Article
- Metallosis and Corrosion Associated With Revision Total Knee Arthroplasties With Metaphyseal Sleeves.Arthroplasty today · 2023Article
- Surface Analysis of Ti-Alloy Micro-Grooved 12/14 Tapers Assembled to Non-Sleeved and Sleeved Ceramic Heads: A Comparative Study of Retrieved Hip Prostheses.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Correlation Between Co Levels in Hair and Blood of Patients Who Underwent Metal-on-metal Hip Arthroplasty.Arthroplasty today · 2022Article
- Innovative Design Methodology for Patient-Specific Short Femoral Stems.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Variability in stem taper surface topography affects the degree of corrosion and fretting in total hip arthroplasty.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
The focus on taper corrosion in modular hip arthroplasty increased around 2007 as a result of clinical problems with large-head metal-on-metal (MoM) bearings on standard stems. Corrosion problems with bi-modular primary hip stems focused attention on this issue even more.Factors increasing the risk of taper corrosion were identified in laboratory and retrieval studies: stiffness of the stem neck, taper diameter and design, head diameter, offset, assembly force, head and stem material and loading.The high variability of the occurrence of corrosion in the clinical application highlights its multi-factorial nature, identifying the implantation procedure and patient-related factors as important additional factors for taper corrosion.Discontinuing the use of MoM has reduced the revisions due to metal-related pathologies dramatically from 49.7% (MoM > 32 mm), over 9.2% (MoM ⩽ 32 mm) to 0.8% (excluding all MoM).Further reduction can be achieved by omitting less stiff Ti-alloys and large metal heads (36 mm and above) against polyethylene (PE).Standardized taper assembly of smaller and ceramic heads will reduce the clinical occurrence of taper corrosion even further. If 36 mm heads are clinically indicated, only ceramic heads should be used.Taper-related problems will not comprise a major clinical problem anymore if the mentioned factors are respected. Cite this article:
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