The wear of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene sliding on metallic and ceramic counterfaces representative of current femoral surfaces in joint replacement

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-24

  Lancaster, J G ^a,b   Dowson, D ^a   Isaac, G H ^a   Fisher, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DePuy International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Femoral head; Joint replacement; Polyethylene; Surface roughness; Wear

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOMATERIAL; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYPROPYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CERAMICS; HIP PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; PLASTIPORE; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATTLE; CERAMICS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; HIP PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COBALT ALLOYS; CORRELATION METHODS; LUBRICANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS; ZIRCONIA; ARTHROPLASTY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; JOINT PROSTHESES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENES;

BOVINE SERUM LUBRICANT; COUNTERFACE MATERIALS; FEMORAL HEAD; RECIPROCATING PIN ON PLATE WEAR TESTS;

JOINT PROSTHESES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

COUNTER-FACE MATERIALS; FEMORAL HEADS; JOINT REPLACEMENT; LABORATORY STUDIES; MANUFACTURING METHODS; SURFACE FINISHES; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT; ZIRCONIA CERAMIC;

EID: 0030634935     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411971534647     Document Type: Article

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