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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: UHMWPE handbook
    sub title: ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene in total joint replacement
  title info:
    title: Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene in total joint replacement
  name:
    name part: Kurtz, Steven M.
    name part: 1968-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    place:
      place term: Amsterdam
    place:
      place term: Boston
    publisher: Academic Press
    date issued: ©2004
    date issued: 2004
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 379 pages) : illustrations (some color)
  abstract: This book describes the history and properties of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) used in artificial joints. UHMWPE is currently used in 1.4 million patients around the world every year for use in the hip, knee, upper extremities and spine. It has been used in hip replacements for over 40 years. Although the use of this material is very succcessful, the lifetime of artificial joints is limited to approximately 10 years, after which the survivorship declines markedly. Recently, the orthopedic industry has developed new processing techniques (radiation crosslinking), which are expected to dramatically reduce wear and improve the longevity of hip implants beyond 10 years. A major emphasis of this book is to describe the properties of these new highly crosslinked UHMWPE materials and to review the latest clinical results. * The most up-to-date information on the properties of UHMWPE * Endorsed by Ticona - the world's leading manufacturer of UHMWPE for medical use * An enormous 'installed base' of over 1.4 million procedures each year * UHMWPE has been used by orthopedists for over 40 years, yet its properties and performance in situ are still not well understood.
  table of contents: Part I : UHMWPE Foundations -- Primer on UHMWPE -- Processing of UHMWPE -- Sterilization and Packaging -- Part II: UHMWPE in Orthopedics -- The Origins -- Clinical Performance in Hip Replacements -- Alternative Bearings for Hip Joint Replacements -- Highly Cross-inked UHMWPE for Knee Joint Replacement -- Applications of UHMWPE in the Upper Extremity -- Applications in the Spine -- Clinical Performance of Highly Crosslinked UHMWPE -- The Future of UHMWPE in Orthopedics.
  note: Steven M. Kurtz.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Artificial joints
  subject:
    topic: Polyethylene
    topic: Therapeutic use
  subject:
    topic: Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene
    topic: Therapeutic use
  subject:
    topic: Plastics in medicine
  subject:
    topic: Joints
    topic: surgery
  subject:
    topic: Prostheses and Implants
  subject:
    topic: Joint Prosthesis
  subject:
    topic: Polyethylene
    topic: therapeutic use
  subject:
    topic: Prothèses articulaires
  subject:
    topic: Polyéthylène
    topic: Emploi en thérapeutique
  subject:
    topic: Polyéthylène de très haut poids moléculaire
    topic: Emploi en thérapeutique
  subject:
    topic: Matières plastiques en médecine
  subject:
    topic: MEDICAL
    topic: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  subject:
    topic: Artificial joints
  subject:
    topic: Plastics in medicine
  classification: RD686 .K87 2004eb
  classification: 617.5/80592
  classification: 2004 F-687
  classification: WE 312 K96u 2004
  related item:
    title info:
      title: UHMWPE handbook
    name:
      name part: Kurtz, Steven M., 1968-
    origin info:
      publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2004
    identifier: (DLC) 2003070856
    identifier: (OCoLC)53967166
  identifier: 1417537221
  identifier: 9781417537228
  identifier: 9780124298514
  identifier: 0124298516
  identifier: 2003070856
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  record info:
    record content source: N$T
    record creation date: 040902
    record change date: 20260326144638.0
    record identifier: in00005730032
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng