Clinical safety and wear resistance of the phospholipid polymer-grafted highly cross-linked polyethylene liner

Clinical Value Dossier for Longevity Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene

Total Hip Arthroplasty Using Metal Head on a Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene Liner

PURPOSE This retrospective study was performed to evaluate the clinical results and measure polyethylene liner wear in total hip arthroplasty (THA) with highly cross-linked polyethylene. MATERIALS AND METHODS Except for patients who had died or were unable to have follow-up at least 2 years, 60 of 78 hips that underwent THA were included this study. The mean age was 64.5 years (range, 25-81 y...

Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene Liner Dissociation from a Cement-less Modular Acetabular Shell: Two Case Reports

Liner dissociation of polyethylene from a cementless acetabular socket following total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a rare complication. Cross-linked polyethylene liner dissociation from AMS-HA shell (KYOCERA Med, Osaka, Japan) occurred in 2 out of the 4153 (0.04%) cases approximately 10 years after undergoing surgery at our institute. First case was an 80-year-old female who underwent right THA a...

Wear of Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene against Cobalt Chrome and Ceramic Femoral Heads

+*Jennings, L M; *Galvin, A L; *Fisher J +Institute of Medical & Biological Engineering, Leeds, UK [email protected] Introduction There is increasing interest in the coupling of highly cross-linked polyethylene with large diameter heads in the hip, due to the reported lower wear characteristics of highly cross-linked polyethylene compared to conventional polyethylene [1, 2, 3]. Further, ...

Acetabular Liner for Total Hip Arthroplasty at Five Years Clinical Performance of a Durasul Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene