A consecutive series of 235 total knee arthroplasties using the PFC system was followed prospectively for at least ten years in 186 patients. The operation was for osteoarthritis in 150 knees, for rheumatoid arthritis in 83, and for Paget's disease and femoral osteonecrosis in one knee each. At the latest review 56 patients had died, five were too ill to assess and three could not be traced. Th...

We made a semiquantitative study of the comparative histology of pseudomembranes from 12 loose cemented ceramic-ceramic and 18 metal-polyethylene total hip replacements. We found no significant difference in cellular reaction between the two groups, but there was a major difference in the origin of the particulate debris. In the metal-polyethylene group, polyethylene of articular origin was pre...

Dislocations represent one of the more common postoperative complications seen after total hip arthroplasty (THA) with estimates ranging from 0.2 to 7% in primary cases and as high as 25% in revision surgeries [1]. In the early 1970s, Giles Bousquet developed a dual mobility (DM) acetabular cup with the goal of reducing dislocation rates. The dual mobility (DM) design consists of two articulati...

The effect of various additives such as fly ash, phosphogypsum, jaggery, lime, and polyethylene glycol on green waste composting was investigated through assessing their influence on microbial growth, enzymatic activities, organic matter degradation, bulk density, quality of finished compost including gradation test, heavy metal analysis, etc. A perusal of results showed that addition of jagger...

A novel strategy was developed to synthesize polymer-coated metal nanoparticles (NPs) through reduction of metal cations with 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA)-containing polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymers. Catechol redox chemistry was used to both synthesize metal NPs and simultaneously form a cross-linked shell of PEG polymers on their surfaces. DOPA reduced gold and silver cations into neutr...

The total hip arthroplasty using metal on metal articulation with stainless steel was first introduced in 1938 by Wiles and the modification of this articulation with cobalt-chrome has been performed by many other orthopedic surgeons. After the McKee’s report on the poor result as high as 50% of failure rate during 15 years follow-up in 1972, the use of metal on metal articulation was decreased...

Magnetic hardening and generation of room-temperature ferromagnetism at the interface between originally nonmagnetic transition metals and π-conjugated organics is understood to be promoted by interplay between interfacial charge transfer and relaxation-induced distortion of the metal lattice. The relative importance of the two contributions for magnetic hardening of the metal remains unquantif...

A series of deposition experiments using CoCrMo were performed using an Optomec LENS® machine. An analysis of hardness, microstructure, and wear trends of the deposited alloys was undertaken in an attempt to determine the applicability of using LENS® to create better materials for orthopedic implants. It was found that LENS®-deposited CoCrMo alloys were harder than wrought materials, however in...