Influence of design and bearing material on polyethylene wear particle generation in total knee replacement

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2495-2502

  Utzschneider, S ^a   Paulus, A ^b   Datz, J C ^b   Schroeder, C ^b   Sievers, B ^b   Wegener, B ^a   Jansson, V ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Knee replacement; Polyethylene; Wear debris

Indexed keywords

HIP PROSTHESES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KNEE PROSTHESES; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; ORTHOPEDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

BEARINGS MATERIAL; CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE; DESIGN MATERIALS; PARTICLE GENERATION; PERIPROSTHETIC OSTEOLYSIS; POLYETHYLENE INSERTS; POLYETHYLENE WEAR; SIZE AND SHAPE; WEAR DEBRIS; WEAR PARTICLES;

ARTHROPLASTY;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSTEOLYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

SCORPIO;

EID: 68949098510     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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