Clinical fracture of cross-linked UHMWPE acetabular liners

Biomaterials

Volumn 30, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 5572-5582

  Furmanski, Jevan ^a   Anderson, Martin ^b   Bal, Sonny ^c   Greenwald, A Seth ^d   Halley, David ^e   Penenberg, Brad ^f   Ries, Michael ^g   Pruitt, Lisa ^g,h  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Tahoe Fracture Clinic   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d Orthopaedic Research Laboratories   (United States)

^e Smith Clinic   (United States)

^f Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetabular liner; Crosslinking; Fractography; Fracture; Notch fatigue; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

ACETABULAR LINER; ACETABULAR LINERS; BEARING MATERIALS; DESIGN FEATURES; FATIGUE CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FAILURE; FRACTURE RESISTANCE; FRACTURE SURFACES; IMPLANT DESIGN; INITIATION SITES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS; MECHANICAL LOADING; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; NOTCH FATIGUE; STRESS GRADIENT; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENTS; UHMWPE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CRACKS; DESIGN; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HIP PROSTHESES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR RESISTANCE;

FRACTURE;

ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICAL TORSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 68749104638     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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