A large taper mismatch is one of the key factors behind high wear rates and failure at the taper junction of total hip replacements: A finite element wear analysis
- Submitting institution
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Liverpool John Moores University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1164
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.01.018
- Title of journal
- Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
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- First page
- 257
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 1751-6161
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2017
- 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
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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A - MEMARC
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This original work: 1) has been used in evidence to determine if defective metal-on-metal implants caused some patients to need more surgery than was necessary; 2) has helped explain why 312 people fitted with the Pinnacle Ultamet hip joint in the UK have had to undergo remedial surgery after it failed prematurely (about 56,000 UK patients have had a metal-on-metal hip device); and 3) has highlighted the reason why after 10 years the metal-on-metal hip replacement implants had a failure rate up to six times higher than alternatives made from other materials (BBC archive: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41634354).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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