Wear and oxidation of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene

C. J. Bell; M. Abeysundera; P. S. Walker; G. W. Blunn

Wear and oxidation of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene

C. J. Bell^*, M. Abeysundera, P. S. Walker, G. W. Blunn

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University College London

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The relationship between wear and oxidation in total knee replacement (TKR) prostheses was investigated. It was apparent from the retrievals that delamination can be correlated with regions of high subsurface oxidation. In some specimens, however, delamination occurred predominantly under the wear track and was not associated with post-irradiation damage. In some instances, delamination cracks occurred in regions below the white band. Post-irradiation damage resulting in subsurface oxidized regions does correlate with delamination of TKR. However, in some cases it appeared that delamination could occur where oxidation was minimal.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials in conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium
Publisher	Society for Biomaterials
Pages	655
Number of pages	1
Volume	1
Publication status	Published - 1996
Event	Proceedings of the 1996 5th World Biomaterials Congress. Part 2 (of 2) - Toronto, Can Duration: 29 May 1996 → 2 Jun 1996

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Conference	Proceedings of the 1996 5th World Biomaterials Congress. Part 2 (of 2)
City	Toronto, Can
Period	29/05/96 → 2/06/96

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Bell, CJ, Abeysundera, M, Walker, PS & Blunn, GW 1996, Wear and oxidation of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. in Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials in conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium. vol. 1, Society for Biomaterials, pp. 655, Proceedings of the 1996 5th World Biomaterials Congress. Part 2 (of 2), Toronto, Can, 29/05/96. <https://www.biomaterials.org/>

Wear and oxidation of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. / Bell, C. J.; Abeysundera, M.; Walker, P. S. et al.
Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials in conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium. Vol. 1 Society for Biomaterials, 1996. p. 655.

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