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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) 84:S102-S104 (2002)
© 2002 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

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An Evaluation of All-Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Unicompartmental Tibial Component Cement-Fixation Mechanisms

Richard A. Rosa, MD, Jack M. Bert, MD, Warwick Bruce, MD, Michael Gross, MD, FRCS, FAOrthA, Mike Carroll, BS and Vernon Hartdegen, MS

Corresponding author:
Richard A. Rosa, MD
Center for Orthopaedics, 1500 Pleasant Valley Way, Suite 101, West Orange, NJ 07052

In support of their research or preparation of this manuscript, one or more of the authors received grants or outside funding from Wright Medical Technology. In addition, one or more of the authors received payments or other benefits or a commitment or agreement to provide such benefits from a commercial entity (Wright Medical Technology). No commercial entity paid or directed, or agreed to pay or direct, any benefits to any research fund, foundation, educational institution, or other charitable or nonprofit organization with which the authors are affiliated or associated.

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   Overview
 
The most common indication for revision after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) continues to be loosening of both cemented and cementless tibial components 1,2 . Minimally invasive surgical techniques have greatly increased the popularity of UKA, necessitating design improvements to maximize the fixation and implant life of tibial components. This study compared three different mechanisms of cement fixation for ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPe) unicompartmental tibial components under torsion and tensile loading conditions.


   Materials and Methods
 
To simulate polyethylene tibial bases cemented on a resected proximal part of the tibia, eighteen tibial-base test specimens were fabricated from UHMWPe stock in identical configurations (size-1 ADVANCE unicompartmental all-polyethylene tibial component; Wright Medical Technology, Arlington, Tennessee). After fabrication, the undersurface of each component was machined with one of three . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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