Update on UHMWPE research: From the bench to the bedside

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 832-840

  Gomez Barrena, Enrique ^a   Puertolas, José Antonio ^b,c   Munuera, Luis ^a,d   Konttinen, Yrjö T ^e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g COXA Hospital for Joint Replacement ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BIOMATERIAL; HIGHLY CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE; NITROXIDE; POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROPLASTY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOPING; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELTING POINT; OXIDATION; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; REVIEW; SURGEON; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 57749094783     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670810016939     Document Type: Review

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