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Use of porous tantalum for acetabular reconstruction in revision hip arthroplasty.

Use of porous tantalum for acetabular reconstruction in revision hip arthroplasty.

The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume (2013-11-08)

Paul S Issack

ABSTRACT

➤ Over the past decade, porous tantalum has emerged as a powerful tool for reconstruction of the failed acetabular component.➤ The increased porosity, high coefficient of friction, and favorable elastic modulus of porous tantalum compared with traditional titanium mesh or cobalt chromium acetabular components allow for greater bone ingrowth potential, implant stability, and host bone preservation, respectively, in porous tantalum shells.➤ Several studies have confirmed the excellent early and midterm results of porous tantalum reconstruction for revision hip arthroplasty.➤ Depending on the degree of bone loss, excellent results have been achieved with modular or revision porous tantalum shells, tantalum shells with tantalum augments, and cup-cage constructs.➤ These implants and techniques are greatly changing the approach to acetabular revision surgery and are providing constructs with greater stability and more physiologic biomechanical properties than those achieved through the use of traditional reconstructive methods.

MATERIALS

Product Number

Brand

Product Description

Sigma-Aldrich

Tantalum, foil, thickness 0.05 mm, ≥99.9% trace metals basis

Sigma-Aldrich

Tantalum, powder, −325 mesh, 99.9% trace metals basis

Tantalum, foil, 10mm disks, thickness 0.03mm, as rolled, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, 0.2m coil, thickness 0.1mm, coil width .62mm, as rolled, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, 50x50mm, thickness 0.5mm, annealed, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, 10m coil, thickness 0.03mm, coil width 0.75mm, annealed, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, light tested, 50x50mm, thickness 0.01mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, 10mm disks, thickness 0.0075mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, 10mm disks, thickness 0.0125mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, 10mm disks, thickness 0.015mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, rod, 50mm, diameter 12.7mm, annealed, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, 4mm disks, thickness 0.75mm, annealed, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, 6mm disks, thickness 0.009mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, not light tested, 25x25mm, thickness 0.001mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, 8mm disks, thickness 0.25mm, annealed, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, not light tested, 50x50mm, thickness 0.0015mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, tube, 100mm, outside diameter 0.31mm, inside diameter 0.19mm, wall thickness 0.06mm, as drawn, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, 6mm disks, thickness 0.0125mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, not light tested, 25x25mm, thickness 0.0015mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, tube, 100mm, outside diameter 3.0mm, inside diameter 2mm, wall thickness 0.5mm, as drawn, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, not light tested, 82x100mm, thickness 0.006mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, light tested, 25x25mm, thickness 0.006mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, rod, 50mm, diameter 18mm, annealed, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, light tested, 25x25mm, thickness 0.015mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, 6mm disks, thickness 0.015mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, not light tested, 50x50mm, thickness 0.01mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, light tested, 25x25mm, thickness 0.01mm, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, 8mm disks, thickness 0.025mm, as rolled, 99.9%

Tantalum, foil, light tested, 100x100mm, thickness 0.034mm, as rolled, 99.9%

Tantalum, rod, 1000mm, diameter 1.0mm, 99.9%