Background: Wear of the polyethylene glenoid component and subsequent particle-induced osteolysis remains one of the most important modes of failure of total shoulder arthroplasty. Vitamin E is added to polyethylene to act as an antioxidant to stabilize free radicals that exist as a byproduct of irradiation used to induce cross-linking. This study was performed to assess the in vitro performance of vitamin E-enhanced polyethylene compared with conventional polyethylene in a shoulder simulator model.
Methods: Vitamin E-enhanced, highly cross-linked glenoid components were compared with conventional ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene glenoids, both articulating with a ceramic humeral head component using a shoulder joint simulator over 500,000 cycles. Unaged and artificially aged comparisons were performed. Volumetric wear was assessed by gravimetric measurement, and wear particle analysis was also subsequently performed.
Results: Vitamin E-enhanced polyethylene glenoid components were found to have significantly reduced wear rates compared with conventional polyethylene in both unaged (36% reduction) and artificially aged (49% reduction) comparisons. There were no differences detected in wear particle analysis between the 2 groups.
Conclusion: Vitamin E-enhanced polyethylene demonstrates improved wear compared with conventional polyethylene in both unaged and artificially aged comparisons and may have clinically relevant benefits.
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