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Table 3 Mean values and standard deviations (SD) of surface roughness values and hood scores of all implants investigated; N of all revision reasons

From: Comparative retrieval analysis of antioxidant polyethylene: bonding of vitamin-E does not reduce in-vivo surface damage

Implant type

Total (N = 23)

NexGen® (N = 15)

Persona® (N = 8)

Comparison

Comparison – corrected for time to revision

Surface roughness (Ra) and Hood Score

Mean, SD

Mean, SD

Mean, SD

R2

P

R2

P

Tibial lateral Ra

0.14 (+/−0.07)

0.18 (+/−0.04)

0.07 (+/−0.04)

0.68

.000

0.65

.000

Tibial medial Ra

0.15 (+/− 0.08)

0.2 (+/− 0.05)

0.06 (+/− 0.01)

0.77

.000

0.71

.000

Tibial lateral & medial Ra

0.15 (+/−0.07)

0.19 (+/− 0.04)

0.06 (+/− 0.03)

0.78

.000

0.75

.000

Femoral lateral Ra

0.14 (+/− 0.03)

0.15 (+/− 0.04)

0.13 (+/− 0.01)

0.09

.166

0.20

.046

Femoral medial Ra

0.14 (+/− 0.03)

0.14 (+/− 0.03)

0.14 (+/− 0.03)

0.01

.745

0.06

.291

Femoral lateral & medial Ra

0.14 (+/− 0.02)

0.14 (+/− 0.03)

0.14 (+/− 0.02)

0.02

.484

0.20

.046

Hood Score articulating lateral

22.2 (+/−4.8)

22.1 (+/−4.7)

22.7 (+/−5.7)

0.00

.805

0.04

.387

Hood Score articulating central

12.8 (+/−3.1)

13.2 (+/−3.0)

11.8 (+/−3.7)

0.04

.381

0.00

.833

Hood Score articulating medial

23.9 (+/−7.2)

23.6 (+/−8.2)

24.7 (+/−4.6)

0.00

.769

0.01

.617

Hood Score articulating total

59 (+/−10.2)

58.9 (+/−9.4)

59.2 (+/−11.0)

0.00

.953

0.03

.475

Hood Score backside lateral

22.4 (+/−4.5)

22.9 (+/− 4.6)

21.3 (+/− 4.4)

0.03

.490

0.04

.410

Hood Score backside central

10.9 (+/−3)

11.0 (+/−3.3)

10.5 (+/−2.2)

0.01

.740

0.02

.590

Hood Score backside medial

21.2 (+/−5.7)

22.3 (+/−5.8)

18.3 (+/−4.7)

0.11

.149

0.14

.105

Hood Score backside total

54.5 (+/−10.9)

56.2 (+/−11.3)

50.2 (+/−9.2)

0.07

.261

0.10

.183

Hood Score lateral total

44.7 (+/−7.2)

44.9 (+/−6.3)

44.0 (+/−9.7)

0.00

.795

0.00

.956

Hood Score medial total

45.1 (+/−10.5)

45.9 (+/−11.9)

43.0 (+/− 6.3)

0.02

.577

0.01

.616

Hood Score overall total

113.4 (+/−17.1)

115.1 (+/−17.1)

109.3 (+/−18.0)

0.02

.502

0.01

.674

Reason for revision

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

R2

P

R2

P

Instability

17 (73.9)

9 (60.0)

8 (100)

0.19

.039

0.29

.014

Malalignment

3 (13.0)

2 (13.0)

1 (12.5)

0.00

.957

0.00

.795

Patellofemoral

4 (17.4)

1 (7.0)

3 (37.5)

0.15

.068

0.03

.463

Stiffness

4 (17.4)

3 (20.0)

1 (12.5)

0.01

.669

0.11

.153

Others (periprosthetic fracture, progression OA)

2 (8.7)

2 (13)

0 (0)

0.05

.301

0.01

.689

  1. Comparison between the two implant designs using R2. P-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant