Delamination and adhesive wear behavior of α-tocopherol-stabilized irradiated ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 635-643

  Wannomae, Keith K ^a   Christensen, Steven D ^a   Micheli, Brad R ^a   Rowell, Shannon L ^a   Schroeder, Dave W ^b   Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Biomet Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Delamination; Oxidation; Polyethylene; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 77953123107     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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