Surface damage in machined ram-extruded and net-shape molded retrieved polyethylene tibial inserts of total knee replacements

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1534-1540

  Berzins, Aivars ^a   Jacobs, Joshua J ^a   Berger, Richard ^a   Ed, Chris ^a   Natarajan, Raghunathan ^a   Andriacchi, Thomas ^a   Galante, Jorge O ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE; RESIN; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0036715195     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200209000-00005     Document Type: Article

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