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ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene
Known as:
UHMWPE
, UHMWPE polyethylene
, ultra-high MW polyethylene
National Institutes of Health
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Rotating Platform versus Fixed-bearing Total Knees: An In Vitro Study of Wear
H. Haider
,
K. Garvin
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
2008
Corpus ID: 5653194
One of the assumed benefits of mobile bearings is the reduction of UHMWPE wear. However, to date, such benefit has not been…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A study of the tribological behavior of carbon‐nanotube‐reinforced ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene composites
Z. Wei
,
Ya-pu Zhao
,
S. Ruan
,
P. Gao
,
T. Yu
2006
Corpus ID: 56151844
The tribological properties of the high‐strength and high‐modulus ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) film and the…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cobalt and chromium concentrations in patients with metal-on-metal and other cementless total hip arthroplasty
K. Maezawa
,
M. Nozawa
,
+4 authors
H. Kurosawa
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
2002
Corpus ID: 29954069
Abstract. We measured the cobalt and chromium concentrations in the serum and urine of 32 patients with current designed metal-on…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Characterization of electrolytic ZrO2 coating on Co-Cr-Mo implant alloys of hip prosthesis.
S. Yen
,
M. Guo
,
H. Zan
Biomaterials
2001
Corpus ID: 22838167
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Comparison of three joint simulator wear debris isolation techniques: acid digestion, base digestion, and enzyme cleavage.
S. Niedżwiecki
,
Catherine M. Klapperich
,
J. Short
,
S. Jani
,
Michael D. Ries
,
Lisa A. Pruitt
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
2001
Corpus ID: 9250927
Quantification of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) wear debris remains a challenging task in orthopedic device…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Effects of A-P translation and rotation on the wear of UHMWPE in a total knee joint simulator.
K. Kawanabe
,
I. Clarke
,
+4 authors
K. Yamamoto
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
2001
Corpus ID: 22542093
We developed a three-channel total knee joint simulator and studied the effect of tibial anterior-posterior translation and…
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2000
2000
Third-body wear of cobalt-chromium-molybdenum implant alloys initiated by bone and poly(methyl methacrylate) particles.
Like Que
,
L. Topoleski
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
2000
Corpus ID: 33193198
The potential for bone and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) debris to initiate wear on ASTM-F75 and ASTM-F799 CoCrMo alloys…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Mixed oxides prosthetic ceramic ball heads. Part 1: effect of the ZrO2 fraction on the wear of ceramic on polythylene joints.
S. Affatato
,
M. Testoni
,
G. L. Cacciari
,
A. Toni
Biomaterials
1999
Corpus ID: 12233866
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The optimum dose of gamma radiation–heavy doses to low wear polyethylene in total hip prostheses
H. Oonishi
,
M. Kuno
,
E. Tsuji
,
Akira Fujisawa
Journal of materials science. Materials in…
1997
Corpus ID: 26231908
Wear volume, surface area and coefficient of friction of UHMWPE cup crosslinked with gamma radiation of 0, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150…
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
The effect of carbon fiber reinforcement on contact area, contact pressure, and time-dependent deformation in polyethylene tibial components.
Timothy M. Wright
,
Timothy M. Wright
,
T. Fukubayashi
,
T. Fukubayashi
,
A. H. Burstein
,
A. H. Burstein
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
1981
Corpus ID: 37537497
To study the mechanical behavior of a commercially available UHMWPE reinforced with carbon fibers, measurements of contact area…
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