Highly crosslinked polyethylene is safe for use in total knee arthroplasty

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2806-2812

  Hodrick, Jeffrey T ^a   Severson, Erik P ^b   McAlister, Deborah S ^c   Dahl, Brian ^d   Hofmann, Aaron A ^b  

^a Southern Joint Replacement Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Shawnee Medical Center Clinic   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKED POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL STATE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POLYETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54449100155     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0472-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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