Vitamin E diffused, highly crosslinked UHMWPE: A review

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-223

  Oral, Ebru ^a,b   Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; HIP PROSTHESIS; HYDROGEN BOND; IRRADIATION; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSTEOLYSIS; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DIFFUSION; DOGS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; OSSEOINTEGRATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RABBITS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; VITAMIN E;

EID: 79955938719     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-010-1161-y     Document Type: Review

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