A controlled experimental model of revision implants: Part II. Implementation with loaded titanium implants and bone graft.

We used an experimental model producing an aggressive tissue response associated with implant loosening in humans: a 6 mm polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cylinder was pistoning 500 [mu]m concentrically in a 7.5 mm hole, with polyethylene (PE) particles, for 8 weeks. At 8 weeks, the PMMA implant was re...

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Published in:Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica Vol. 72; no. 6; pp. 650 - 657
Main Authors: Bechtold JE, Mouzin O, Kidder L, Søballe K
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2001
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