Radiographic assessment of the thickness lost from polyethylene tibial inserts that had been sterilized differently

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1543-1552

  Collier, Matthew B ^a   Engh, C Anderson ^a   Hatten, Kyle M ^a   Ginn, Stuart D ^a   Sheils, Todd M ^a   Engh, Gerard A ^a  

^a ANDERSON ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; INERT GAS; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION IN AIR; GAMMA RADIATION IN AN INERT GAS; GAS PLASMA METHOD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TIBIA; TIBIAL INSERT;

EID: 46749123085     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.00651     Document Type: Article

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