Effect of head surface roughness and sterilization on wear of UHMWPE acetabular cups

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1032-1042

  Jedenmalm, A ^a   Affatato, S ^b   Taddei, P ^c   Leardini, W ^b   Gedde, U W ^a   Fagnano, C ^c   Viceconti, M ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Gamma irradiation; Raman spectroscopy; Roughness; UHMWPE acetabular cups

Indexed keywords

ACETABULAR CUP; CROSSLINKED; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLINITY CHANGES; FEMORAL HEADS; GAMMA-IRRADIATION; HEAD-SURFACE ROUGHNESS; HIP JOINT SIMULATORS; ROUGHNESS; UHMWPE ACETABULAR CUPS; WEAR TEST; WEAR ZONES; WEAR-TESTING;

IRRADIATION; METAL ANALYSIS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER ABSORPTION;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD PROSTHESIS; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GRAVIMETRY; HIP; MECHANICAL STRESS; RADIATION STERILIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE ACETABULUM CUP; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; ACETABULUM; FEMUR HEAD; GAMMA RAYS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; STERILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VITALLIUM; WATER;

EID: 68249152033     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32161     Document Type: Article

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