Quantitative comparison of wear debris from UHMWPE that has and has not been sterilised by gamma irradiation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 340-344

  Besong, A A ^a   Tipper, J L ^a   Ingham, E ^a   Stone, M H ^a,b   Wroblewski, B M ^a,c   Fisher, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL;

AGING; AIR; ARTICLE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; TISSUE REACTION;

AIR; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; FRICTION; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSTEOLYSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STAINLESS STEEL; STERILIZATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031912659     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B2.8234     Document Type: Article

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