Ex vivo wear of conventional and cross-linked polyethylene acetabular liners

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 438, Issue , 2005, Pages 158-164

  Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a   Wannomae, Keith ^a   Christensen, Steven ^a   Rubash, Harry E ^a   Harris, William H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCRATCHING; SURFACE PROPERTY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY;

ACETABULUM; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 24344470495     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000164407.02998.8d     Document Type: Article

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