Wear, delamination, and fatigue resistance of melt-annealed highly crosslinked UHMWPE cruciate-retaining knee inserts under activities of daily living

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1120-1126

  Popoola, Oludele O ^a   Yao, Jian Q ^a   Johnson, Todd S ^a   Blanchard, Cheryl R ^a  

^a ZIMMER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Delamination; Highly crosslinked UHMWPE; Knee; Oxidation; Wear

Indexed keywords

HIGHLY CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; GUR 1050 RESIN; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; MOTION; OSTEOLYSIS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; EQUIPMENT; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TIBIA;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; STERILIZATION; TIBIA; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77955864776     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21104     Document Type: Article

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