Use of vitamin E to protect cross-linked UHMWPE from oxidation

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3643-3648

  Lerf, Reto ^a   Zurbrügg, Daniel ^b   Delfosse, Daniel ^a  

^a Mathys Medical Ltd   (Switzerland)

^b Niutec AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artificial accelerated ageing; Highly cross linked ultra high molecular weight polyethylene; Joint replacement; Oxidation; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGEING; CHEMICAL AGEING; HUMAN BODIES; IN-VIVO; IRON CHLORIDES; IRRADIATION TREATMENT; JOINT REPLACEMENT; LIFE SPAN; NO OXIDATION; ORTHOPAEDIC APPLICATIONS; OXIDATION PROFILE; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; PRESSURIZED OXYGEN; REACTIVE RADICALS; STABILISATION; TIME PERIODS; UHMW-PE; VITAMIN-E;

CHEMICAL ATTACK; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRRADIATION; JOINT PROSTHESES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

OXIDATION;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FERROUS CHLORIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CROSS LINKING; IMPLANT; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; PRESSURE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 77349119374     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.01.076     Document Type: Article

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