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removed Tritanium cup
3 RECENT STUDIES QUESTION TRITANIUM ACETABULAR CUP SURVIVAL RATE (Orthopedics This Week)
Back in 2013, a study funded by Stryker Corporation reported that all (100%) enrolled patients receiving its porous, 3D-manufactured primary Tritanium acetabular cup were experiencing no problems and the cups were performing well two to four+ years postoperatively.
That was then. Here’s now.
Three independent studies published between February 2017 and November 2018 raise questions about the long-term osseointegration and survival of this implant.
A fifth study, of Tritanium revision cups, which are said to use a different manufacturing process than the primary cups, concluded that the revision cups have excellent 6- to 10-year su...
