Comparison of the in vivo wear rates of 43 surgically retrieved direct compression molded and ram extruded ultra high molecular weight polyethylene acetabular components

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 32, Issue , 1996, Pages 135-138

  Rentfrow, Elisha D ^a   James, Susan P ^a   Beauregard, Guy P ^a   Lee, Kyla R ^b   McLaughlin, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Kennedy Center for the Hip and Knee   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetabular Components; Compression Molded; Polymer Wear; Ram Extruded; Total Hip Arthroplasty; Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE); Volumetric Wear Rate

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION MOLDING; EXTRUSION; HIP PROSTHESES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MACHINING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ACETABULAR LINERS; FLUID DISPLACEMENT METHOD; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; VOLUMETRIC WEAR; WEAR RATE;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE;

ACETABULOPLASTY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VOLUMETRY;

HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0029964239     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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