Oxidative properties and surface damage mechanisms of remelted highly crosslinked polyethylenes in total knee arthroplasty

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 611-615

  MacDonald, Daniel W ^a   Higgs, Genymphas ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^b   Klein, Gregg ^c   Hartzband, Mark ^c   Levine, Harlan ^c   Kraay, Matthew ^d   Rimnac, Clare M ^d   Kurtz, Steven M ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Hartzband Center for Hip and Knee Replacement   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; HIGHLY CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROPEROXIDE INDEX; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL STATE; MATERIALS TESTING; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STABILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENE; REOPERATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STERILIZATION;

EID: 84885061149     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-1796-6     Document Type: Article

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