Biotribology of alternative bearing materials for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3601-3610

  Grupp, Thomas M ^a,b   Utzschneider, Sandra ^b   Schröder, Christian ^c   Schwiesau, Jens ^a   Fritz, Bernhard ^a   Maas, Allan ^a   Blömer, Wilhelm ^a   Jansson, Volkmar ^a  

^a B Braun Melsungen AG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative bearing materials; Particle release; Poly ether ether ketone; Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty; Wear simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; CARBON FIBERS; ETHERS; ORTHOPEDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHER ETHER KETONES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ALTERNATIVE BEARING MATERIAL; BEARINGS MATERIAL; FIBRE-REINFORCED; FIXED BEARINGS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PARTICLE RELEASE; POLY ETHER ETHER KETONES; POLY(ETHER ETHER KETONES); UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; WEAR SIMULATION;

KETONES;

BIOMATERIAL; POLY ETHER ETHER KETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KETONE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; VOLUMETRY; WEIGHT BEARING; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIA;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; KETONES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77956777003     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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