Rapid polyethylene failure of unicondylar tibial components sterilized with gamma arradiation in air and implanted after a long shelf life

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  McGovern, Thomas F ^a   Ammeen, Deborah J ^a   Collier, John P ^a   Currier, Barbara H ^a   Engh, Gerard A ^a  

^a ANDERSON ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLYURETHAN;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELF LIFE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036599928     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200206000-00002     Document Type: Article

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