Retrieval analyses of highly cross-linked polyethylene acetabular liners four and five years after implantation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1036-1041

  Knahr, K ^a,b   Pospischill, M ^a,b   Kottig P ^a,c   Schneider, W ^a,c   Plenk Jr , H ^a,d  

^a ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL SPEISING   (Austria)

^b Spine Centre   (Austria)

^c Zimmer GmbH   (Switzerland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM MASS SPECTROMETRY; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OXIDATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REOPERATION;

EID: 34848926873     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B8.18809     Document Type: Article

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