Increase in early polyethylene wear after sterilization with ethylene oxide: Radiostereometric analyses of 201 total hips

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 531-541

  Digas, Georgios ^a   Thanner, Jonas ^a   Nivbrant, Bo ^b   Röhrl, Stephan ^c   Ström, Håkan ^d   Kärrholm, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Perth Orthopaedic Institute   (Australia)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; ETHYLENE OXIDE; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURE FIXATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENDER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATION; POROSITY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOMETRY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STERILIZATION;

EID: 0142147210     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016470310017910     Document Type: Article

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