Wear Comparison Between a Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene and Conventional Polyethylene Against a Zirconia Femoral Head. Minimum 5-Year Follow-Up

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-49

  Fukui, Kiyokazu ^a   Kaneuji, Ayumi ^a   Sugimori, Tanzo ^a   Ichiseki, Toru ^a   Kitamura, Kenji ^a   Matsumoto, Tadami ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross linked polyethylene; Polyethylene wear; Total hip arthroplasty; Zirconia femoral head

Indexed keywords

HIGHLY CROSS LINKED POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 78650002269     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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