A novel ceramic tibial component is as safe as its metal counterpart
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Klemens Trieb
Abstract
Failure rates of 2–10% provide evidence for further development in knee arthroplasty. The purpose of our study was to examine the safety of the tibial component of a novel all-ceramic total knee replacement (TKR) (BPK-S Integration ceramic) consisting of BIOLOX®delta ceramic. The standards ISO 14879-1 and ASTM F1800-07 describe the test set-up for the experimental strength verification with a significantly increased maximum load of 5300 N (900 N are required) and post-fatigue burst strength testing. All specimens were able to prove their mechanical strength against fracture in the alternating load test. There was no material fracture in any of the included tibial components. The subsequent post-fatigue burst strength testing revealed the maximum strength against fracture of all specimens. With at least 9.7 kN for size 3 and at least 12.1 kN for size 6, all specimens showed relatively large strength reserves to the stress in the alternating load test. So far we simulated an in vivo lifetime of 10 years for the tibial component. Further studies should be conducted in which longer in vivo lifetimes of the components are simulated to investigate possible fatigue of the used material over a longer period of time.
Author contributions: K. Trieb designed and wrote the paper.
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Research funding: Authors state no funding involved.
Conflict of interest: Authors state no conflict of interest.
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