Polyethylene Wear Particle Analysis of TKA

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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether polyethylene (Vitamin E-containing polyethylene), which has been newly introduced and widely used clinically as a biomaterial for tibial inserts in total knee arthroplasty, but whose mid- to long-term clinical results are still unknown, is more effective than conventional polyethylene. Our goal is to clarify through an international multi-center joint study using in vivo polyethylene wear particle analysis, which the investigators developed as a method to provide early feedback, as to whether polyethylene wear debris production in vivo can be reduced.

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