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The wear of fixed and mobile bearing unicompartmental knee replacements.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Brockett, Claire L. Jennings, Louise M. Fisher, J. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | Unicompartmental knee replacements (UKR) are an option for surgical intervention for the treatment of single-compartment osteoarthritis. The aim of this study was to compare the wear of a low-conformity fixed-bearing UKR with a conforming mobile bearing UKR under two kinematic conditions, to investigate the effect of implant design and kinematics on wear performance in a physiological knee wear simulator. Under both sets of kinematic conditions, the relatively low-conforming fixed UKR showed lower wear, compared with the more conforming anterior-posterior sliding mobile bearing. However, it should be noted that differences in materials between the two designs also contribute to the relative wear performance of the bearings. The combined wear of the medial and lateral bearings of the fixed-bearing UKR as a 'total knee' were significantly reduced compared with a fixed-bearing total knee replacement studied under the same kinematic conditions. |
| Starting Page | 95 |
| Ending Page | 102 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/98551/7/2041303310393824.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 21755780v1 |
| Volume Number | 225 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Anatomical compartments Bearing Device Component Compartment syndromes Degenerative polyarthritis Kinematics Knee Replacement Arthroplasty (procedure) Simulators Surgical Replantation |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
