Polyethylene in knee arthroplasty: What is the future?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 440, Issue , 2005, Pages 141-148

  Wright, Timothy M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGRADATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 27644437593     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000187811.48717.9d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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