Book chapter
Analysis Techniques for Polyethylene Implants in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Beyond the Implant: Retrieval Analysis Methods for Implant Surveillance
01 Jun 2018
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Abstract
Analysis of retrieved implants is a multistep process that can be approached in a variety of ways. To researchers, this analysis is vital to assessing how the implant functioned after surgery. Traditionally, this involves examination of components by one or several experts who then give feedback on the severity of observable damage. Engineering approaches attempt to minimize subjectivity by introducing standardized techniques that can quantify damage, such as microcomputed tomography analysis of retrieved polyethylene components. Methods such as these provide an objective way to measure damage and can be used in addition to subjective techniques such as visual inspection. This chapter will entail a review of the available processes that can be utilized to properly analyze how and why a polymer insert in a total knee arthroplasty implant failed.
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- Title
- Analysis Techniques for Polyethylene Implants in Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Creators
- Christina M Arnholt - Drexel UniversityJulie Lowell - University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMeredith Perkins - University of Tennessee Health Science CenterSteven M Kurtz - Drexel UniversityWilliam M Mihalko - University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- Publication Details
- Beyond the Implant: Retrieval Analysis Methods for Implant Surveillance
- Publisher
- ASTM International; 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959
- Number of pages
- 16
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000441706400005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85053799614
- Other Identifier
- 991019167695204721
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- Collaboration types
- Industry collaboration
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Engineering, Biomedical
- Materials Science, Biomaterials
- Orthopedics