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. 2025 May 18;16(5):184. doi: 10.3390/jfb16050184
AHP Analytic Hierarchy Process
AI Artificial Intelligence
AISI American Iron and Steel Institute
AJRR American Joint Replacement Registry
AM Additive Manufacturing
AOANJRR Australian Orthopedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
CES Selector Cambridge Engineering Selector
CJRR Canadian Joint Replacement Registry
CoC Ceramic-on-Ceramic
CoM Ceramic-on-Metal
CoP Ceramic-on-Polyethylene
Co-Cr Cobalt–Chromium alloy
Co-Cr-Mo Cobalt–Chromo–Molybdenum alloy
CUP Cost per Unit Property
EduPack Name of an educational tool for material science
EPRD German Arthroplasty Register
FDM Fusion Deposition Modeling
FEA Finite Element Analysis
FGMs Functionally Graded Materials
HDPE High-Density-PolyEthylene
ISHKS Indian Society of Hip and Knee Surgeons
JOANR Japanese Orthopedic Association National Registry
KHRSE Korea Hip Replacement Surgery Registry
LROI Dutch Arthroplasty Register
MCDM Multi-Criteria Decision-Making
MoM Metal-on-Metal
MoP Metal-on-Polyethylene
MULTIMOORA Multi Objective Optimization by Ratio Analysis plus the Full Multiplicative Form
NiTi Nickel Titanium alloy
NJR National Joint Registry
NZOA New Zealand Orthopedic Association
OA Osteoarthritis
PCL Poly(ε-caprolactone)
PLA Poly(lactic acid)
PROMETHEE Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation
PSI Pelvic Sagittal Inclination
REBEC Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials
RIAP Italian Arthroplasty Registry
RFNC Spanish National Hip Fracture Registry
RPA Portuguese Arthroplasty Register
SAAS South African Arthroplasty Society
SAR Swedish Arthroplasty Register
SOFCOT French Society for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology
ST Steel Stainless Steel
THA Total Hip Arthroplasty
THR Total Hip Replacement
Ti-6Al-4V Titanium alloy (6% Aluminum, 4% Vanadium)
VIKOR Vise Kriterijumska Optimizacija Kompromisno Resenjemeaning
VR Virtual Reality
WPM Weighted Properties Methods
ZTA Zirconia-Toughened Alumina