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Surface composition analysis of failed cementless CoCr‐ and Ti‐base‐alloy total hip implants
Author(s) -
Decking R.,
Reuter P.,
Hüttner M.,
Puhl W.,
Claes L. E.,
Scharf H. P.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of biomedical materials research part b: applied biomaterials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1552-4981
pISSN - 1552-4973
DOI - 10.1002/jbm.b.10555
Subject(s) - materials science , alloy , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , titanium , scanning electron microscope , titanium alloy , molybdenum , implant , metallurgy , casting , composite material , chemical engineering , surgery , medicine , engineering
The surfaces of retrieved failed cementless total hip implants made of cobalt‐chromium‐molybdenum casting alloy and of wrought titanium 6‐aluminum 4‐vanadium alloy were studied with the use of scanning‐electron microscopy (SEM), energy‐dispersive X‐ray analysis (EDX) and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). New implants of the same make served as controls. The XPS scans revealed a dense carbon layer on the entire analyzed specimen. The relative composition of the titanium alloy implants showed an overall agreement with the international standards for implants for surgery, and the overall surface composition did not change over the period of the implantation. However, an inhomogeneous distribution of the constituents could be demonstrated in the retrieved as well as in the new MEC‐screw rings made of TiAl6V4 alloy, an implant that has been linked to a high early failure rate. In the CoCr‐alloy components (Lord‐screw rings) a high percentage of aluminum, mainly organized in aluminum inclusions, was found in the retrieved as well as in the new implants. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater 64B: 99–106, 2003