Hip and knee joint replacements are common and largely successful procedures that utilise
implants to restore mobility and relieve pain for patients suffering from eg osteoarthritis …

Mg alloys are emerging as potential and very promising alternatives for replacing permanent
metallic implant materials such as steels and titanium in applications where the implants …

Despite the worldwide success achieved by total hip arthroplasty (THA), this procedure is
nonetheless associated with a variety of complications that could have deleterious outcomes …

Adverse Local Tissue Reactions (ALTRs) are one of the main causes of hip implant failures.
Although the metal release from the implants is considered as a main etiology, the …

Aims To present a surgically relevant update of trunnionosis. Materials and Methods
Systematic review performed April 2017. Results Trunnionosis accounts for approximately …

Introduction: Total joint replacement is one of the most common, safe, and efficacious
operations in all of surgery. However, one major long-standing and unresolved issue is the …

For over 100 years, metals and their alloys have played a central role in the advancement of
medical implant applications across virtually all medical specialties. Early metal implants …

The focus on taper corrosion in modular hip arthroplasty increased around 2007 as a result
of clinical problems with large-head metal-on-metal (MoM) bearings on standard stems …

Trunnionosis in Total Hip Arthroplasty : JBJS Trunnionosis in Total Hip Arthroplasty : JBJS
JBJS Journal Case Connector Reviews JBJS.org Surgical Techniques Open Access JOPA …

Background Adverse local tissue reactions (ALTRs), initially described as a complication of
metal-on-metal (MoM) total hip arthroplasty (THA), have also become an important risk factor …