What About WEAR? Despite improvements in the manufacturing, processing, and
sterilization of polyethylene, wear related problems still exist in
modern Total Hip Arthroplasty.9 To address this problem, the CONSERVE® Total
Hip System has eliminated polyethylene from
the design altogether. The result is a one-piece, highly superfinished
metal-metal hip design, which provides significantly less wear particles
than a conventional total hip replacement.