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Incarcerated fracture fragments of Longevity polyethylene liners after total hip arthroplasty

Highly cross-linked polyethylene liners are widely used in total hip arthroplasty because they experience lower wear rates than conventional polyethylene liners. However, the cross-linking process does decrease the resistance of polyethylene to fatigue failure and fracture. This report describes 2 c...

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Autores principales: Yee, Michael A., O'Keefe, Thomas J., Winter, Suzanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2015.12.006