Wear Patterns on Retrieved Polyethylene Tibial Inserts and Their Relationship to Technical Considerations During Total Knee Arthroplasty

C. Wasielewski, Ray; O Galante, J; M. Leighty, Robert; N. Natarajan, Raghu; G. Rosenberg, Aaron

doi:10.1097/00003086-199402000-00005

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Wear Patterns on Retrieved Polyethylene Tibial Inserts and Their Relationship to Technical Considerations During Total Knee Arthroplasty

Published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research • Feb 1, 1994

Authors:

Ray C. Wasielewski

J O Galante

Robert M. Leighty

Abstract

Fifty-five unconstrained polyethylene tibial inserts were retrieved at revision total knee arthroplasty and examined for evidence of wear after a mean implantation time of 34.2 months (2.5-80 months). Twenty inserts were ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and 35 were carbon-reinforced...

Subject

Medicine

Subluxation

Polyethylene

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