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Functional Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites for Ligament Reconstructions and Their Targeted Applications in the Restoration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

The selection of biomaterials as biomedical implants is a significant challenge. Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and composites of such kind have been extensively used in medical implants, notably in the bearings of the hip, knee, and other joint prostheses, owing to its biocompati...

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Autores principales: Wahed, Sonia B., Dunstan, Colin R., Boughton, Philip A., Ruys, Andrew J., Faisal, Shaikh N., Wahed, Tania B., Salahuddin, Bidita, Cheng, Xinying, Zhou, Yang, Wang, Chun H., Islam, Mohammad S., Aziz, Shazed
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9182730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35683861
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14112189
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author Wahed, Sonia B.
Dunstan, Colin R.
Boughton, Philip A.
Ruys, Andrew J.
Faisal, Shaikh N.
Wahed, Tania B.
Salahuddin, Bidita
Cheng, Xinying
Zhou, Yang
Wang, Chun H.
Islam, Mohammad S.
Aziz, Shazed
author_facet Wahed, Sonia B.
Dunstan, Colin R.
Boughton, Philip A.
Ruys, Andrew J.
Faisal, Shaikh N.
Wahed, Tania B.
Salahuddin, Bidita
Cheng, Xinying
Zhou, Yang
Wang, Chun H.
Islam, Mohammad S.
Aziz, Shazed
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description The selection of biomaterials as biomedical implants is a significant challenge. Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and composites of such kind have been extensively used in medical implants, notably in the bearings of the hip, knee, and other joint prostheses, owing to its biocompatibility and high wear resistance. For the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) graft, synthetic UHMWPE is an ideal candidate due to its biocompatibility and extremely high tensile strength. However, significant problems are observed in UHMWPE based implants, such as wear debris and oxidative degradation. To resolve the issue of wear and to enhance the life of UHMWPE as an implant, in recent years, this field has witnessed numerous innovative methodologies such as biofunctionalization or high temperature melting of UHMWPE to enhance its toughness and strength. The surface functionalization/modification/treatment of UHMWPE is very challenging as it requires optimizing many variables, such as surface tension and wettability, active functional groups on the surface, irradiation, and protein immobilization to successfully improve the mechanical properties of UHMWPE and reduce or eliminate the wear or osteolysis of the UHMWPE implant. Despite these difficulties, several surface roughening, functionalization, and irradiation processing technologies have been developed and applied in the recent past. The basic research and direct industrial applications of such material improvement technology are very significant, as evidenced by the significant number of published papers and patents. However, the available literature on research methodology and techniques related to material property enhancement and protection from wear of UHMWPE is disseminated, and there is a lack of a comprehensive source for the research community to access information on the subject matter. Here we provide an overview of recent developments and core challenges in the surface modification/functionalization/irradiation of UHMWPE and apply these findings to the case study of UHMWPE for ACL repair.
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spelling pubmed-91827302022-06-10 Functional Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites for Ligament Reconstructions and Their Targeted Applications in the Restoration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Wahed, Sonia B. Dunstan, Colin R. Boughton, Philip A. Ruys, Andrew J. Faisal, Shaikh N. Wahed, Tania B. Salahuddin, Bidita Cheng, Xinying Zhou, Yang Wang, Chun H. Islam, Mohammad S. Aziz, Shazed Polymers (Basel) Review The selection of biomaterials as biomedical implants is a significant challenge. Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and composites of such kind have been extensively used in medical implants, notably in the bearings of the hip, knee, and other joint prostheses, owing to its biocompatibility and high wear resistance. For the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) graft, synthetic UHMWPE is an ideal candidate due to its biocompatibility and extremely high tensile strength. However, significant problems are observed in UHMWPE based implants, such as wear debris and oxidative degradation. To resolve the issue of wear and to enhance the life of UHMWPE as an implant, in recent years, this field has witnessed numerous innovative methodologies such as biofunctionalization or high temperature melting of UHMWPE to enhance its toughness and strength. The surface functionalization/modification/treatment of UHMWPE is very challenging as it requires optimizing many variables, such as surface tension and wettability, active functional groups on the surface, irradiation, and protein immobilization to successfully improve the mechanical properties of UHMWPE and reduce or eliminate the wear or osteolysis of the UHMWPE implant. Despite these difficulties, several surface roughening, functionalization, and irradiation processing technologies have been developed and applied in the recent past. The basic research and direct industrial applications of such material improvement technology are very significant, as evidenced by the significant number of published papers and patents. However, the available literature on research methodology and techniques related to material property enhancement and protection from wear of UHMWPE is disseminated, and there is a lack of a comprehensive source for the research community to access information on the subject matter. Here we provide an overview of recent developments and core challenges in the surface modification/functionalization/irradiation of UHMWPE and apply these findings to the case study of UHMWPE for ACL repair. MDPI 2022-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9182730/ /pubmed/35683861 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14112189 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Wahed, Sonia B.
Dunstan, Colin R.
Boughton, Philip A.
Ruys, Andrew J.
Faisal, Shaikh N.
Wahed, Tania B.
Salahuddin, Bidita
Cheng, Xinying
Zhou, Yang
Wang, Chun H.
Islam, Mohammad S.
Aziz, Shazed
Functional Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites for Ligament Reconstructions and Their Targeted Applications in the Restoration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
title Functional Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites for Ligament Reconstructions and Their Targeted Applications in the Restoration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
title_full Functional Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites for Ligament Reconstructions and Their Targeted Applications in the Restoration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
title_fullStr Functional Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites for Ligament Reconstructions and Their Targeted Applications in the Restoration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
title_full_unstemmed Functional Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites for Ligament Reconstructions and Their Targeted Applications in the Restoration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
title_short Functional Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites for Ligament Reconstructions and Their Targeted Applications in the Restoration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
title_sort functional ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene composites for ligament reconstructions and their targeted applications in the restoration of the anterior cruciate ligament
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9182730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35683861
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14112189
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