Highly Cross-Linked Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene With Improved Fatigue Resistance for Total Joint Arthroplasty. Recipient of the 2006 Hap Paul Award

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1037-1044

  Oral, Ebru ^a,b   Malhi, Arnaz S ^a   Wannomae, Keith K ^a   Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

biomaterials; fatigue resistance; highly cross linked polyethylene; oxidation resistance; total knee arthroplasty; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; POLYETHYLENE;

ACCELERATION; AGING; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; FATIGUE; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 52049094329     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.09.027     Document Type: Article

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