The UHMWPE Handbook
Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene in Total Joint Replacement
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Description
Key Features
* 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
Readership
Patients of orthopedic and spine replacement surgeries
Bioengineering students
Orthopedic Researchers
Table of Contents
- Primer on UHMWPE; From Ethylene Gas to UHMWPE Component; Packaging and Sterilization of UHMWPE; The Origins of UHMWPE in Total Hip Anthroplasty; The Clinical Performance of UHMWPE in Hip Replacements; Alternatives to Conventional UHMWPE for Hip Anthroplasty; The Origins and Adaptations of UHMWPE for Knee Replacements; The Clinical Performance of UHMWPE in Knee Replacements; The Clinical Performance of UHMWPE in Shoulder Replacements; The Clinical Performance of UHMWPE in the Spine; Mechanisms of Crosslinking and Oxidative Degradation of UHMWPE; Characterization of Physical, Chemical, and Mechanical Properties of UHMWPE; Development and Application of the Small Punch Test to UHMWPE; Computer Modeling and Simulation of UHMWPE; Compendium of Highly Crosslinked and Thermally Treated UHMWPEs
Product details
- No. of pages: 379
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2004
- Published: March 15, 2004
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780080481463
About the Editor
Steven Kurtz
As a principle engineer at Exponent, an international engineering and scientific consulting company, his research on UHMWPE is supported by several major orthopedic manufacturers. He has funding from the National Institutes for Health to stdy UHMWPE changes after implanatation in the body, as well as to develop new computer-based tools to predict the performance of new UHMWPE materials.
Dr. Kurtz is the Director of an orthopedic implant retrieval program in Philadelphia which is affiliated with Drexel University and Thomas Jefferson University. He teaches classes on the performance of orthopedic polymers (including UHMWPE) at Drexel, Temple, and Princeton Universities.
Affiliations and Expertise
About the Author
Steven Kurtz
As a principle engineer at Exponent, an international engineering and scientific consulting company, his research on UHMWPE is supported by several major orthopedic manufacturers. He has funding from the National Institutes for Health to stdy UHMWPE changes after implanatation in the body, as well as to develop new computer-based tools to predict the performance of new UHMWPE materials.
Dr. Kurtz is the Director of an orthopedic implant retrieval program in Philadelphia which is affiliated with Drexel University and Thomas Jefferson University. He teaches classes on the performance of orthopedic polymers (including UHMWPE) at Drexel, Temple, and Princeton Universities.