Polyethylene wear debris produced in a knee simulator model: Effect of crosslinking and counterface material

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-85

  Williams, Paul A ^a   Brown, Cindy M ^a   Tsukamoto, Riichro ^b   Clarke, Ian C ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tsukamoto Orthopaedic Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Crosslinking; Debris; Knee; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC; COUNTER-FACE MATERIALS; CROSSLINKED PE; KNEE SIMULATORS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PE CROSSLINKING; POLYETHYLENE WEAR; SUBMICRON; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENTS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WEAR DEBRIS; WEAR SIMULATION;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CERAMIC MATERIALS; DEBRIS; HIP PROSTHESES; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

ZIRCONIA;

COPPER CHLORIDE; POLYETHYLENE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; MORPHOLOGY; SIMULATOR; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; KNEE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYETHYLENE;

EID: 74749086276     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31491     Document Type: Article

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