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Erschienen in: European Spine Journal 5/2012

01.06.2012 | Original Article

The use of self-mating PEEK as an alternative bearing material for cervical disc arthroplasty: a comparison of different simulator inputs and tribological environments

verfasst von: Tim Brown, Qi-Bin Bao

Erschienen in: European Spine Journal | Sonderheft 5/2012

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Abstract

Purpose

The hypothesis for this study was that the simulated wear behavior of a hydroxyapatite coated, self-mating PEEK cervical disc arthroplasty device would be dependent on the simulated testing environment.

Methods

Five groups of devices were evaluated under suggested ASTM and ISO load and motion profiles. The groups utilized different testing frequencies and protein content of simulator fluid, in addition to assessing the potential for third body wear. The average wear rates were determined using linear regression analysis with a generalized estimating equation. Significant differences between groups were determined using the Wald’s test.

Results

The simulated wear behavior was shown to be highly dependent on the testing environment, where protein content more than decreasing the cyclic loading frequency resulted in increased wear, but was not dependent on the suggested load and motion profiles. It was demonstrated that a self-mating PEEK cervical disc arthroplasty device has wear rates that are similar to existing material combinations for cervical disc arthroplasty.

Conclusions

This study showed that at a time when data from retrieval analyses is deficient, it is important to test the wear resistance of cervical disc arthroplasty devices under various conditions. Long-term clinical results and ongoing implant retrievals are required for validation between clinical performance and simulator inputs.
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Metadaten
Titel
The use of self-mating PEEK as an alternative bearing material for cervical disc arthroplasty: a comparison of different simulator inputs and tribological environments
verfasst von
Tim Brown
Qi-Bin Bao
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2012
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
European Spine Journal / Ausgabe Sonderheft 5/2012
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-012-2252-9

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