Analysis of the Stem-Sleeve Interface in a Modular Titanium Alloy Femoral Component for Total Hip Replacement
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Abstract Modular femoral components for total hip arthroplasty have been clinically available since the 1980s. Despite the widespread use of interlocking tapers in hip prostheses, researchers have raised concerns about fretting, which has been clinically observed at the tapered modular interface of retrieved femoral heads and the trunions, as well as at the stem-sleeve junctions of retrieved femoral stems. Fretting can lead to degradation of the modular interfaces by the mechanisms of fretting wear, fretting corrosion, and fretting fatigue, all of which have potentially negative consequences for a total hip arthroplasty.
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