Polyethylene as an implant material;Polyethylen als implantatwerkstoff

Orthopade

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-31

  Streicher, R M ^a   Thomsen, Marc ^b  

^a Stryker SA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Explants; Manufacturing; Optimization; Polyethylene; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER;

AGING; BONE GRAFT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS LINKING; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYETHYLENES; STERILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0038245194     PISSN: 00854530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00132-002-0409-7     Document Type: Review

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