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Reduction of wear volume from ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene knee components by the addition of vitamin E.

Teramura S, Sakoda H, Terao T, Endo MM, Fujiwara K, Tomita N

Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.

Wear performance and debris-size distribution of vitamin E (DL-alpha tocopherol, VE)-added ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) was evaluated using a knee-simulator test. VE was mixed with GUR 1050 UHMWPE powder at 0.3 wt%, and the tibial components of the knee joint were made by direct compression molding. The VE-added UHMWPE showed consistently lower wear volume throughout the test.

Published 12 March 2008 in J Orthop Res, 26(4): 460-4.
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