Third body damage and wear in arthroplasty bearing materials: A review of laboratory methods.

ABSTRACT: Third body wear of arthroplasty bearing materials can occur when hard particles such as bone, bone cement or metal particles become trapped between the articulating surfaces. This can accelerate overall implant wear, potentially leading to early failure. With the development of novel bearing materials and coatings, there is a need to develop and standardise test methods which reflect third body damage seen on retrieved implants. Many different protocols and approaches have been developed to replicate third body wear in the laboratory but there is currently no consensus as to the optimal method for simulating this wear mode, hence the need to better understand existing methods. The aim of this study was to review published methods for experimental simulation of third body wear of arthroplas

SUBMITTER: Cowie RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9934499 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature