Comparison between highly cross-linked and conventional polyethylene in total knee arthroplasty

Knee

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 348-351

  Minoda, Yukihide ^a,b   Aihara, Masaharu ^a   Sakawa, Akira ^a   Fukuoka, Shinichi ^a   Hayakawa, Keiko ^a   Tomita, Masuhiro ^a   Umeda, Naoya ^a   Ohzono, Kenji ^a  

^a KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conventional polyethylene; Highly cross linked polyethylene; Implant design; Posterior cruciate ligament; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; POLYETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 69049115077     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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