The seven-year wear of highly cross-linked polyethylene in total hip arthroplasty: A double-blind, randomized controlled trial using radiostereometric analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 716-722

  Thomas, Geraint E R ^a   Simpson, David J ^a   Mehmood, Shahid ^a   Taylor, Adrian ^b   McLardy Smith, Peter ^b   Gill, Harinderjit Singh ^a   Murray, David W ^a   Glyn Jones, Siôn ^a,b  

^a NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; HIGHLY CROSS LINKED POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOSTEREOMETRIC ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEADY STATE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960960402     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00287     Document Type: Article

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