Gradient crosslinking of UHMWPE using irradiation in molten state for total joint arthroplasty

Biomaterials

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 717-724

  Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a   O'Connor, Daniel O ^a   Bragdon, Charles R ^a   Delaney, John ^a   Jasty, Murali ^a   Harris, William H ^a   Merrill, Edward ^b   Venugopalan, Premnath ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Gradient crosslinking; Irradiation; Total hip; UHMWPE; Wear

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRON BEAMS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

GRADIENT CROSSLINKING;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DENSITY; ELECTRON BEAM; GRAVIMETRY; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACETABULUM; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; GAIT; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 0036132420     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(01)00176-4     Document Type: Article

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