Characterisation of the surface topography, tomography and chemistry of fretting corrosion product found on retrieved polished femoral stems
- Submitting institution
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The University of Leeds
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- MECH-3
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.11.016
- Title of journal
- Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
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- First page
- 321
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 1751-6161
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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6
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper is the result of an IUK knowledge transfer partnership with DePuy-Synthes and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (emails on request). It describes the detailed multi-scale analysis of a cohort of retrieved implants from a single centre. It was the first to provide a detailed scoring criterion for retrieved femoral stems and elucidate the degradation mechanisms occurring in-vivo. These scoring criteria are now used by DePuy, and other academic groups. This work contributed to new design rules, new product lines at DePuy-Synthes (complete discontinuation of polished CoCr femoral stems), and savings in ~£1M through lost revenue and litigation.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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