Polyethylene wear characteristics in vivo and in a knee simulator

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 411-419

  Beaule P E ^a,b   Campbell, P A ^a   Walker, P S ^c   Schmalzried, T P ^a   Dorey, F J ^a   Blunn, G W ^c   Bell, C J ^c   Yahia, L H ^b   Amstutz, H C ^a  

^a Joint Replacement Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knee simulator; Polyethylene; Total knee replacement; Total knee retrieval; Wear particle morphology

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENES; TISSUE;

KNEE COMPONENT WEAR;

BIOMATERIALS;

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HUMAN; KNEE; MORPHOLOGY; ROTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATOR; TORQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE; TIBIA;

EID: 0037024111     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.10139     Document Type: Article

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