Standardized analysis of UHMWPE wear particles from failed total joint arthroplasties

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 475-483

  Mabrey, Jay D ^a   Afsar Keshmiri, Armin ^a   Engh, Gerard A ^b   Sychterz, Christi J ^b   Wirth, Michael A ^a   Rockwood, Charles A ^a   Mauli Agrawal, C ^a,c  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b ANDERSON ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphology; Particles; Total joints; UHMWPE; Wear

Indexed keywords

WEAR PARTICLES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

JOINT PROSTHESES;

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHOULDER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0036381564     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.10302     Document Type: Article

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