Comparative retrieval analysis of antioxidant polyethylene: bonding of vitamin-E does not reduce in-vivo surface damage

Abstract Background With the Persona® knee system a new polyethylene formulation incorporating vitamin-E which aims to reduce oxidation and maintain wear resistance was introduced. Although in-vitro studies have demonstrated positive effects of the vitamin-E antioxidants on UHMWPE, no retrieval stud...

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Main Authors: Dominic T. Mathis, Joshua Schmidli, Michael T. Hirschmann, Felix Amsler, Johann Henckel, Harry Hothi, Alister Hart
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: BMC 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/0e76e0183a674a7ea25b18811bba236e
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