Fretting Wear and Corrosion-Related Risk Factors in Total Hip Replacement: A Literature Review on Implant Retrieval Studies and National Joint Replacement …

K Ghadirinejad, CW Day, R Milimonfared, M Taylor… - Prosthesis, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fretting corrosion is a known failure mechanism of total hip replacement (THR) that can lead
to revision surgery. Implant retrieval studies have thoroughly documented the occurrence of …

What factors drive taper corrosion?

R Pourzal, HJ Lundberg, DJ Hall, JJ Jacobs - The Journal of arthroplasty, 2018 - Elsevier
Adverse local tissue reactions to corrosion products can lead to total hip arthroplasty failure.
Although this problem has been well known for more than 25 years, it has seemingly …

Mechanical, chemical and biological damage modes within head‐neck tapers of CoCrMo and Ti6Al4V contemporary hip replacements

DJ Hall, R Pourzal, HJ Lundberg… - … Research Part B …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Total hip replacement (THR) failure due to mechanically assisted crevice corrosion within
modular head‐neck taper junctions remains a major concern. Several processes leading to …

Wear particles induce a new macrophage phenotype with the potential to accelerate material corrosion within total hip replacement interfaces

DR Bijukumar, S Salunkhe, G Zheng, M Barba, DJ Hall… - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Evidence that macrophages can play a role in accelerating corrosion in CoCrMo alloy in
total hip replacement (THR) interfaces leads to questions regarding the underlying cellular …

What surgeons need to know about adverse local tissue reaction in total hip arthroplasty

DJ Hall, R Pourzal, JJ Jacobs - The Journal of arthroplasty, 2020 - Elsevier
Adverse local tissue reactions (ALTRs) were first associated with patients with failed metal-
on-metal surface replacements and total hip arthroplasty (THA). However, an increasing …

Does surface topography play a role in taper damage in head-neck modular junctions?

R Pourzal, DJ Hall, NQ Ha, RM Urban… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background There are increasing reports of total hip arthroplasty failure subsequent to
modular taper junction corrosion. The surfaces of tapers are machined to have …

Alloy microstructure dictates corrosion modes in THA modular junctions

R Pourzal, DJ Hall, J Ehrich, SM McCarthy… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background Adverse local tissue reactions (ALTRs) triggered by corrosion products from
modular taper junctions are a known cause of premature THA failure. CoCrMo devices are …

Are damage modes related to microstructure and material loss in severely damaged CoCrMo femoral heads?

SM McCarthy, DJ Hall, MT Mathew… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background Fretting and corrosion in metal-on-polyethylene total hip arthoplasty (THA)
modular junctions can cause adverse tissue reactions that are responsible for 2% to 5% of …

In vitro evidence for cell‐accelerated corrosion within modular junctions of total hip replacements

DR Bijukumar, S Salunkhe, D Morris… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Corrosion at modular junctions of total hip replacement (THR) remains a major concern
today. Multiple types of damage modes have been identified at modular junctions, correlated …

Metallosis in Total Hip Arthroplasty

A Lee, GD Paiement, BL Penenberg, SS Rajaee - JBJS reviews, 2023 - journals.lww.com
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Reviews JBJS Journal Case Connector Reviews JBJS.org Surgical Techniques Open Access …