Enhanced wear performance of highly crosslinked UHMWPE for artificial joints

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 381-387

  Chiesa, R ^a   Tanzi, M C ^a   Alfonsi, S ^b   Paracchini, L ^c   Moscatelli, M ^a   Cigada, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b SAMO SpA   (Italy)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crosslinked polyethylene; Hip prosthesis; Knee prosthesis; Sterilization; Wear

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; FREE RADICALS; GAMMA RAYS; HIP PROSTHESES; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRIBOLOGY; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

KNEE PROSTHESIS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; HIP PROSTHESIS; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; IRRADIATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; PERFORMANCE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0034074903     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(20000605)50:3<381::AID-JBM12>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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