Wear Resistance and Mechanical Properties of Highly Cross-linked, Ultrahigh-Molecular Weight Polyethylene Doped With Vitamin E

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 580-591

  Oral, Ebru ^a,b   Christensen, Steven D ^a   Malhi, Arnaz S ^a   Wannomae, Keith K ^a   Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

biomaterials; fatigue resistance; highly cross linked polyethylene; oxidation resistance; total hip arthroplasty; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ACETABULARIA; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DOPING; HIP; IRRADIATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

FATIGUE; HIP PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33745009957     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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