"Severe" wear challenge to 36 mm mechanically enhanced highly crosslinked polyethylene hip liners

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 253-263

  Bowsher, J G ^a   Williams, P A ^a   Clarke, I C ^a   Green, D D ^a   Donaldson, T K ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Empire Specialty Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip joint simulator; Joint microseparation; Mechanical enhanced UHMWPE; Total hip replacement; Wear; Wear particles

Indexed keywords

HEAD SIZE; HIGHLY CROSS-LINKED POLYETHYLENE; SYNERGY (CO); TEST MODELING; WEAR PERFORMANCE;

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS LINKING; HIP; PARTICLE SIZE; SIMULATOR; VOLUMETRY;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR HEAD; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 45749144671     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31013     Document Type: Article

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