Table 3.
Style | Number | Average time in situ (months) | Junction | Head type | Corrosion severity (number) | Fretting % | Cold welding (number) | |||||
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Yes | No | ||||||
Bionik® | 4 | 20 | Neck-head | Co-Cr-Mo | 2 | 2 | 67 | 33 | ||||
Neck-stem | 4 | 100 | 0 | |||||||||
GMRS®* | 4 | 15 | Neck-head | Co-Cr-Mo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 100 | ||||
Stem proximal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 50 | |||||||
Stem distal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 33 | |||||||
Margron® | 22 | 31 | Neck-head | 21 Al2O3 1 Co-Cr-Mo |
13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 64 | ||
Neck-stem | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 45 | |||||
Apex® | 5 | 8 | Neck-head | 5 Al2O3 | 5 | 0 | 100 | |||||
Neck-stem | 3 | 2 | 40 | 60 | 3 | |||||||
M-series® | 5 | 14 | Neck-head | 2 Al2O3 3 Co-Cr-Mo |
5 | 0 | 100 | |||||
Neck-stem | 2 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 40 | 1 | ||||||
S-ROM® | 15 | 61 | Neck-head | 2 Al2O3 11 Co-Cr-Mo 2 ZTA |
13 | 2 | 62 | 48 | ||||
Stem/sleeve | 12 | 3 | 67 | 33 | 2 | |||||||
ZMR® | 2 | 17 | Neck-head | 2 Co-Cr-Mo | 2 | 0 | 100 | |||||
Neck-stem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
* GMRS® has a head, proximal, and distal taper (Fig. 1); one GMRS® was revised without removing the distal trunion; ZTA = zirconia-toughened alumina.