Fracture behavior of UHMWPE in non-implanted, shelf-aged knee prostheses after gamma irradiation in air

Biomaterials

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 2107-2114

  Puértolas, José A ^a   Larrea, Angel ^a   Gómez Barrena, Enrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Degradation; Joint prostheses; Material fracture; Polyethylene; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; GAMMA RAYS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PROSTHETICS;

DEGRADED MATERIAL;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE;

AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IMPLANT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MICROTOME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTICAL DENSITY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; FRACTURES, BONE; GAMMA RAYS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035425094     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00399-9     Document Type: Article

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