Analysis of a retrieved UHMWPE acetabular cup crosslinked in air with 1000 kGy of gamma radiation

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 828-831

  Sugano, N ^a   Saito, M ^b   Yamamoto, T ^b   Nishii, T ^a   Yau, S S ^c   Wang, A ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Stryker Howmedica Osteonics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ACETABULOPLASTY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION STERILIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942589084     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orthres.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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