Wear in retrieved condylar knee arthroplasties: A comparison of wear in different designs of 280 retrieved condylar knee prostheses

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 281-290

  Blunn, G W ^a,f   Joshi, A B ^b   Minns, R J ^c   Lidgren, L ^d   Lilley, P ^a   Ryd, L ^d   Engelbrecht, E ^e   Walker, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e ENDO Klinik   (Germany)

^f RNOHT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delamination; Knee arthroplasty; Polyethylene; Retrieved prostheses; Wear

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031544587     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(97)90024-3     Document Type: Article

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