 Polyethylene
"Polyethylene" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A vinyl polymer made from ethylene. It can be branched or linear. Branched or low-density polyethylene is tough and pliable but not to the same degree as linear polyethylene. Linear or high-density polyethylene has a greater hardness and tensile strength. Polyethylene is used in a variety of products, including implants and prostheses.
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D020959
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D02.455.326.271.665.550.500 D05.750.716.507.500 D25.720.716.507.500 J01.637.051.720.716.507.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Polyethylene" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Polyethylene" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Polyethylene" by people in Profiles.
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Wright RC, Crouch A, Yacoubian SV, Raven RB, Ravan RB, Falkinstein Y, Yacoubian SV. Nontraumatic, spontaneous dislocation of polyethylene tibial insert 1 year after TKA. Orthopedics. 2011 Dec; 34(12):e933-5.
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Sedrakyan A, Normand SL, Dabic S, Jacobs S, Graves S, Marinac-Dabic D. Comparative assessment of implantable hip devices with different bearing surfaces: systematic appraisal of evidence. BMJ. 2011; 343:d7434.
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Rinaldi I, Ferrari A, Mairani A, Paganetti H, Parodi K, Sala P. An integral test of FLUKA nuclear models with 160 MeV proton beams in multi-layer Faraday cups. Phys Med Biol. 2011 Jul 7; 56(13):4001-11.
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Bistolfi A, Bellare A. The relative effects of radiation crosslinking and type of counterface on the wear resistance of ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene. Acta Biomater. 2011 Sep; 7(9):3398-403.
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Choi HR, von Knoch F, Zurakowski D, Nelson SB, Malchau H. Can implant retention be recommended for treatment of infected TKA? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011 Apr; 469(4):961-9.
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Perron MM, Burgess RM, Ho KT, Pelletier MC, Friedman CL, Cantwell MG, Shine JP. Limitations of reverse polyethylene samplers (RePES) for evaluating toxicity of field contaminated sediments. Chemosphere. 2011 Apr; 83(3):247-54.
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Hambright DS, Watters TS, Kaufman AM, Lachiewicz PF, Bolognesi MP. Fracture of highly cross-linked all-polyethylene patella after total knee arthroplasty. J Knee Surg. 2010 Dec; 23(4):237-40.
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Malchau H, Bragdon CR, Muratoglu OK. The stepwise introduction of innovation into orthopedic surgery: the next level of dilemmas. J Arthroplasty. 2011 Sep; 26(6):825-31.
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Bozic KJ, Ong K, Lau E, Kurtz SM, Vail TP, Rubash HE, Berry DJ. Risk of complication and revision total hip arthroplasty among Medicare patients with different bearing surfaces. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2010 Sep; 468(9):2357-62.
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Talmo CT, Kwon YM, Freiberg AA, Rubash HE, Malchau H. Management of polyethylene wear associated with a well-fixed modular cementless shell during revision total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2011 Jun; 26(4):576-81.
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