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SUBMITTER: Kore L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7397700 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kore Lydia L Bates Taylor T Mills Gavin G Lybeck Dustin D
Arthroplasty today 20200801 3
Oxidized zirconium was introduced as an alternative bearing surface to decrease polyethylene wear and reduce aseptic mechanical failure of hip and knee arthroplasties. Oxidized zirconium combines the strength of a metal with wear properties of ceramic, proposing increased survivorship of implant components, and possible decreased rate of revision. Despite a harder surface than cobalt-chromium, the substrate of zirconium is a softer metal. Although uncommon, prior reports have described accelerat ...[more]