Characterization of polyethylene wear particle: The impact of methodology

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 9485-9491

  Schröder, Christian ^a   Reinders, Jörn ^b   Zietz, Carmen ^c   Utzschneider, Sandra ^a   Bader, Rainer ^c   Kretzer, J Philippe ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Characterization; Magnification; Round robin test; Storage method; Wear particles

Indexed keywords

PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHARACTERIZATION; MAGNIFICATION; PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION; POLYETHYLENE WEAR; RESEARCH GROUPS; ROUND ROBIN TEST; STORAGE METHOD; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT; WEAR DEBRIS; WEAR PARTICLES;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

GOLD; LUBRICATING AGENT; POLYETHYLENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

CHARACTERIZATION; MAGNIFICATION; ROUND ROBIN TEST; STORAGE METHOD; WEAR PARTICLES;

GOLD; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE; POROSITY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 84887156587     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.07.039     Document Type: Article

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