Polyethylene failure in New Jersey low-contact stress total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 153-160

  Huang, Chun Hsiung ^a   Young, Tai Horng ^b   Lee, Yung Ta ^c   Jan, Jeng Shiung ^c   Cheng, Cheng Kung ^d  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Low contact stress prosthesis; Polyethylene failure; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; JOINT PROSTHESES; STRESSES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0030635257     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199801)39:1<153::AID-JBM17>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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