The creep and wear of highly cross-linked polyethylene: A three-year randomised, controlled trial using radiostereometric analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 556-561

  Glyn Jones, S ^a,b   McLardy Smith, P ^a,b   Gill, H S ^a,b   Murray, D W ^a,b  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKING REAGENT; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEREOMETRY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43649089638     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B5.20545     Document Type: Article

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