Mathis, DT;
Schmidli, J;
Hirschmann, MT;
Amsler, F;
Henckel, J;
Hothi, H;
Hart, A;
(2021)
Comparative retrieval analysis of antioxidant polyethylene: bonding of vitamin-E does not reduce in-vivo surface damage.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
, 22
, Article 1003. 10.1186/s12891-021-04898-y.
Preview |
Text
Hart_ Comparative retrieval analysis of antioxidant polyethylene- bonding of vitamin-E does not reduce in-vivo surface damage_VoR.pdf - Published Version Download (1MB) | Preview |
Abstract
BACKGROUND: With the Persona® knee system a new polyethylene formulation incorporating vitamin-E which aims to reduce oxidation and maintain wear resistance was introduced. Although in-vitro studies have demonstrated positive effects of the vitamin-E antioxidants on UHMWPE, no retrieval study has looked at polyethylene damage of this system yet. It was the aim to investigate the in-vivo performance of this new design, by comparing it with its predecessor in retrieval analysis. METHODS: 15 NexGen® and 8 Persona® fixed-bearing implants from the same manufacturer (Zimmer Biomet) were retrieved from two knee revision centres. For retrieval analysis, a macroscopic analysis of polyethylene using a peer-reviewed damage grading method was used (Hood-score). The roughness of all articulating metal components was measured using a contact profilometer. The reason(s) for TKA revision were recorded. Statistical analyses (t-test) were performed to investigate differences between the two designs. RESULTS: The mean Hood score for Persona® inserts was 109.3 and for NexGen® 115.1 without significant differences between the two designs. Results from the profilometer revealed that Persona® and NexGen® femoral implants showed an identical mean surface roughness of 0.14 μm. The Persona® tibial tray showed a significantly smoother surface (0.06 μm) compared to the NexGen® (0.2 μm; p < 0.001). Both Hood score and surface roughness were influenced by the reasons for revision (p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The bonding of the antioxidant vitamin-E to the PE chain used in the novel Persona® knee system does not reduce in-vivo surface damage compared to highly crosslinked PE without supplemented vitamin-E used in its predecessor knee system NexGen®. However, the Persona® titanium alloy tibial tray showed a significantly smoother surface in comparison to the NexGen® titanium alloy tibial tray. This study provides first retrieval findings of a novel TKA design and may help to understand how the new Persona® anatomic knee system performs in vivo.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Comparative retrieval analysis of antioxidant polyethylene: bonding of vitamin-E does not reduce in-vivo surface damage |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12891-021-04898-y |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04898-y |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
| Keywords: | Total knee arthroplasty, Polyethylene, Retrieval analysis, Polyethylene surface damage, Surface roughness |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Ortho and MSK Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10140346 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
