2020

Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Schachtner JT, MacDonald DW, Klein GR, Malkani AL, Kraay M, Rimnac CM, Mont MA, Lee GC, Kurtz SM. Are the Wear and Osteolysis Outcomes Different between Annealed and Remelted First-Generation Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene after Long-Term Implantation?. The Journal of Hip Surgery. 2020 Dec;4(04):158-65.
  • Spece H, Yu T, Law AW, Marcolongo M, Kurtz SM. 3D printed porous PEEK created via fused filament fabrication for osteoconductive orthopaedic surfaces. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2020 Sep 1;109:103850.
  • Perkins MR, Arnholt CM, MacDonald DW, Kurtz SM, Mihalko WM. Retrieval Analysis of Cruciate-Retaining and Posterior-Stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty and Correlations to Laxity and Wear. The Journal of arthroplasty. 2020 Aug 1;35(8):2249-53.
  • Basgul C, MacDonald DW, Siskey R, Kurtz SM. Thermal localization improves the interlayer adhesion and structural integrity of 3D printed PEEK lumbar spinal cages. Materialia. 2020 May 1;10:100650.
  • Delaney LJ, Basgul C, MacDonald DW, Fitzgerald K, Hickok NJ, Kurtz SM, Forsberg F. Acoustic parameters for optimal ultrasound-triggered release from novel spinal hardware devices. Ultrasound Med Biol. vol. 46, no 2, pp. 350 – 358, 2020.
  • Arnholt CM, White JB, Lowell JA, Perkins MR, Mihalko WM, Kurtz SM. Postmortem Retrieval Analysis of Metallosis and Periprosthetic Tissue Metal Concentrations in Total Knee Arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 2020 Feb 1;35(2):569-78.
  • Basgul C, Yu T, MacDonald DW, Siskey R, Marcolongo M, Kurtz SM. Does annealing improve the interlayer adhesion and structural integrity of FFF 3D printed PEEK lumbar spinal cages? Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. Feb 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.103455

Conference Papers, Abstracts and Exhibits

  • DeSantis P, Yu T, Heitner A, Kortz N, Mele K, Kurtz SM, Marcolongo M. UV-Assisted Chemical Functionalization of 3D-Printed PEEK for Use in Spinal Fusion Cages. Poster 3424, World Biomaterials Congress 2020.
  • Spece H, Yu T, Law AW, Leung JK, Marcolongo M, Kurtz SM. Customizable 3D Printing of PEEK Implants With Porosity Based on Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces. International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, New Early-Career Webinar Series, Virtual, November 20-21, 2020.
  • Spece H, Yu T, Law AW, Leung JK, Marcolongo M, Kurtz SM. In Vitro Response to FFF Printed Porous PEEK Surfaces: An Early Investigation into the Potential of Point of Care 3D Printing in Total Joint Arthroplasty. AM Medical Summit, Virtual, October 28-29, 2020
  • Delaney LJ, Isguven S, Eisenbrey JR, Fitzgerald K, Kepler CK, Fang T, Knott SL, Machado P, Kurtz SM, Hickok NJ, Forsberg F. Ultrasound-sensitive prophylaxis for prevention of post-operative infection in spinal fusion surgery. Accepted for publication in Proc XVI Mex Symp Med Phys, 2020.
  • Delaney LJ, Aliabouzar M, Isguven S, Eisenbrey JR, Fabiilli M, Hickok NJ, Forsberg F. Ultrasound-sensitive hydrogel for drug delivery applications. Accepted for publication in Proc AIUM, 2020.