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  title info:
    title: UHMWPE biomaterials handbook
    sub title: ultra high molecular weight polyethylene in total joint replacement and medical devices
  name:
    name part: Kurtz, Steven M.
    name part: 1968-
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Knovel (Firm)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2016
    copyright date: 2016
    edition: Third edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  table of contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; 1 -- A Primer on UHMWPE; 1.1 -- Introduction; 1.2 -- What is a Polymer?; 1.3 -- What is Polyethylene?; 1.4 -- Crystallinity; 1.5 -- Thermal Transitions; 1.6 -- Overview of the Handbook; References; 2 -- From Ethylene Gas to UHMWPE Component: The Process of Producing Orthopedic Implants; 2.1 -- Introduction; 2.2 -- Polymerization: from Ethylene Gas to UHMWPE Powder; 2.2.1 -- GUR Resins; 2.2.2 -- 1900 Resins; 2.2.3 -- Molecular Weight; 2.2.4 -- GUR Versus 1900 Resin; 2.2.5 -- Calcium Stearate; 2.2.6 -- DSM Resin
  table of contents: 2.3 -- Conversion: from UHMWPE Powder to Consolidated Form2.3.1 -- Compression Molding of UHMWPE; 2.3.2 -- Ram Extrusion of UHMWPE; 2.3.3 -- Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP'ing) of ArCom™ UHMWPE; 2.3.4 -- Direct Compression Molding of UHMWPE; 2.3.5 -- ArCom; 2.3.6 -- Properties of Extruded Versus Molded UHMWPE; 2.4 -- Machining: from Consolidated Form to Implant; 2.5 -- Conclusions; References; 3 -- Packaging and Sterilization of UHMWPE; 3.1 -- Introduction; 3.2 -- Gamma Sterilization in Air; 3.3 -- Gamma Sterilization in Oxygen Barrier Packaging; 3.4 -- Ethylene Oxide Gas Sterilization
  table of contents: 3.5 -- Gas Plasma Sterilization3.6 -- The Torino Survey of Contemporary Orthopedic Packaging; 3.7 -- Shelf-Life of UHMWPE Components for Orthopedic Implants; 3.8 -- Overview of Current Trends; Acknowledgments; References; 4 -- The Origins of UHMWPE in Total Hip Arthroplasty; 4.1 -- Introduction and Timeline; 4.2 -- The Origins of a Gold Standard; 4.3 -- Charnley's First Hip Arthroplasty Design with PTFE; 4.4 -- Implant Fixation with Pink Dental Acrylic Cement; 4.5 -- Interim Hip Arthroplasty Designs with PTFE; 4.6 -- Final Hip Arthroplasty Design with PTFE; 4.7 -- Implant Fabrication at Wrightington
  table of contents: 4.8 -- The First Wear Tester4.9 -- Searching to Replace PTFE; 4.10 -- UHMWPE Arrives at Wrightington; 4.11 -- Implant Sterilization Procedures at Wrightington; 4.12 -- Overview; Acknowledgments; References; 5 -- The Clinical Performance of Historical and Conventional UHMWPE in Hip Replacements; 5.1 -- Introduction; 5.2 -- Joint Replacements do not Last Forever; 5.3 -- Range of Clinical Wear Performance in Cemented Acetabular Components; 5.4 -- Wear Versus Wear Rate of Hip Replacements; 5.5 -- Comparison of Wear Rates between Different Clinical Studies
  table of contents: 5.6 -- Comparison of Wear Rates in Clinical and Retrieval Studies5.7 -- Current Methods for Measuring Clinical Wear in THA; 5.8 -- Range of Clinical Wear Performance in Modular Acetabular Components; 5.9 -- Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 6 -- The Clinical Performance of Highly Cross-linked UHMWPE in Hip Replacements; 6.1 -- Introduction; 6.2 -- What are First- and Second-Generation HXLPEs?; 6.2.1 -- Early Clinical Experience with HXLPE; 6.2.2 -- First-Generation HXLPE; 6.2.3 -- Second-Generation HXLPE; 6.3 -- Clinical Performance of First-Generation HXLPEs in THA
  table of contents: 6.3.1 -- Systematic Review of Femoral Head Penetration Studies
  note: editede by Steven M. Kurtz, PhD.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Artificial joints
  subject:
    topic: Joints
    topic: Surgery
  subject:
    topic: Prosthesis
  subject:
    topic: Arthroplasty
  subject:
    topic: Polyethylene
    topic: Therapeutic use
  subject:
    topic: MEDICAL / Surgery / General
  classification: RD686
  classification: 617.580592
  related item:
    title info:
      title: UHMWPE Biomaterials Handbook : Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene in Total Joint Replacement and Medical Devices
    name:
      name part: Kurtz, Steven M.
    origin info:
      publisher: : Elsevier Science,c2015
  identifier: 9780323354356
  identifier: 0323354351
  identifier: 9780323354011
  identifier: 0323354017
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  record info:
    record content source: N$T
    record creation date: 150921
    record change date: 20260609152424.2
    record identifier: in00003834955
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng