Detection of cracks in polyethylene components of retrieved knee joint prostheses

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 330-335

  Koizumi, Munehisa ^a   Tomita, Naohide ^b   Tamai, Susumu ^a   Oonishi, Hironobu ^c   Ikada, Yoshito ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delamination; Scanning acoustic tomography (SAT); Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE SURGERY; MATERIAL STATE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SCANNING ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031773730     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760050061     Document Type: Article

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