Isolation and characterization of UHMWPE wear particles down to ten nanometers in size from in vitro hip and knee joint simulators

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 473-480

  Tipper, J L ^a   Galvin, A L ^a   Williams, S ^a   McEwen, H M J ^a   Stone, M H ^a   Ingham, E ^a   Fisher, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crosslinked polyethylene; Nanometer sized UHMWPE particles; Total hip replacement (THR); Total knee replacement (TKR); Wear simulation

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE; NANOMETER SIZED UHMWPE PARTICLES; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (THR); TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT (TKR); WEAR SIMULATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL LABORATORIES; CROSSLINKING; DEBRIS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; POLYETHYLENES; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

HIP PROSTHESES;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HIP PROSTHESIS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIBIA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HIP PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 33747434108     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30824     Document Type: Article

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