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The effect of frictional torque and bending moment on corrosion at the taper interface

2015; British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery; Volume: 97-B; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1302/0301-620x.97b4.34800

2049-4408

Anna Panagiotidou, Jay Meswania, Khabab Osman, B.J.R.F. Bolland, Jeremy M. Latham, John Skinner, Fares S. Haddad, Alister Hart, Gordon Blunn,

Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of frictional torque and bending moment on fretting corrosion at the taper interface of a modular femoral component and to investigate whether different combinations of material also had an effect. The combinations we examined were 1) cobalt-chromium (CoCr) heads on CoCr stems 2) CoCr heads on titanium alloy (Ti) stems and 3) ceramic heads on CoCr stems. In test 1 increasing torque was imposed by offsetting the stem in the anteroposterior plane in increments of 0 mm, 4 mm, 6 mm and 8 mm when the torque generated was equivalent to 0 Nm, 9 Nm, 14 Nm and 18 Nm. In test 2 we investigated the effect of increasing the bending moment by offsetting the application of axial load from the midline in the mediolateral plane. Increments of offset equivalent to head + 0 mm, head + 7 mm and head + 14 mm were used. Significantly higher currents and amplitudes were seen with increasing torque for all combinations of material. However, Ti stems showed the highest corrosion currents. Increased bending moments associated with using larger offset heads produced more corrosion: Ti stems generally performed worse than CoCr stems. Using ceramic heads did not prevent corrosion, but reduced it significantly in all loading configurations.