Masayuki Hirata1, Kenichi Oe1, Ayumi Kaneuji2, Ryusuke Uozu3, Kazuhiro Shintani3, Takanori Saito1. 1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, Japan. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan. 3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, 3-1 Yatsukaho, Hakusan, Ishikawa 924-0838, Japan.
Abstract
Although some reports suggest that taper-slip cemented stems may be associated with a higher periprosthetic femoral fractures rate than composite-beam cemented stems, few studies have focused on the biomaterial effect of the polished material on the stem-cement interface. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between surface roughness of materials and bone cement. Four types of metal discs-cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloy (CoCr), stainless steel alloy 316 (SUS), and two titanium alloys (Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-15Mo-5Zr-3Al)-were prepared. Five discs of each material were produced with varying degrees of surface roughness. In order to evaluate surface wettability, the contact angle was measured using the sessile drop method. A pin was made using two bone cements and the frictional coefficient was assessed with a pin-on-disc test. The contact angle of each metal increased with decreasing surface roughness and the surface wettability of metal decreased with higher degrees of polishing. With a surface roughness of Ra = 0.06 μm and moderate viscosity bone cement, the frictional coefficient was significantly lower in CoCr than in SUS (p = 0.0073). In CoCr, the low adhesion effect with low frictional coefficient may result in excessive taper-slip, especially with the use of moderate viscosity bone cement.
n class="Chemical">Although some reports suggest that taper-slip pan> class="Chemical">cemented stems may be associated with a higher periprostheticfemoral fractures rate than composite-beam cemented stems, few studies have focused on the biomaterial effect of the polished material on the stem-cement interface. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between surface roughness of materials and bone cement. Four types of metal discs-cobalt-chromium-molybdenumalloy (CoCr), stainless steelalloy 316 (SUS), and two titaniumalloys (Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-15Mo-5Zr-3Al)-were prepared. Five discs of each material were produced with varying degrees of surface roughness. In order to evaluate surface wettability, the contact angle was measured using the sessile drop method. A pin was made using two bone cements and the frictionalcoefficient was assessed with a pin-on-disc test. The contact angle of each metal increased with decreasing surface roughness and the surface wettability of metal decreased with higher degrees of polishing. With a surface roughness of Ra = 0.06 μm and moderate viscosity bone cement, the frictionalcoefficient was significantly lower in CoCr than in SUS (p = 0.0073). In CoCr, the low adhesion effect with low frictionalcoefficient may result in excessive taper-slip, especially with the use of moderate viscosity bone cement.