Micro X-Ray Computed Tomography Mass Loss Assessment of Different UHMWPE: A Hip Joint Simulator Study on Standard vs. Cross-Linked Polyethylene

More than 60.000 hip arthroplasty are performed every year in Italy. Although Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight-Polyethylene remains the most used material as acetabular cup, wear of this material induces over time in vivo a foreign-body response and consequently osteolysis, pain, and the need of implant...

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Autores principales: Affatato, Saverio, Zanini, Filippo, Carmignato, Simone
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5249200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28107468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170263

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5249200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28107468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170263

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