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Impact of gamma sterilization on clinical performance of polyethylene in the knee
The Journal of Arthroplasty · 1996 · Vol. 11(4) · pp. 377–389
John Collier✉(Dartmouth College)Daniel K. Sperling(Dartmouth College)John H. Currier(Dartmouth College)Lauren C. Sutula(Dartmouth College)Kenneth Saum(DuPont (United States))Michael B. Mayor(Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center)
Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesTribology and Wear AnalysisMedicineSterilization (economics)PolyethyleneImplantElongationPenetration (warfare)Composite materialBiomedical engineeringSurgeryUltimate tensile strength
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Gamma RaysHumansKnee ProsthesisMaterials TestingPolyethylenesSterilizationStress, MechanicalSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
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