Clinical and Patient Reported Outcomes of Vitamin E Diffused Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene Liner Versus Moderately Cross-Linked Polyethylene Liner in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Meta-Analysis
Diovince S Tan,
Byron S Angeles
Abstract:Introduction: In the modern era of Medicine, total hip arthroplasty (THA) is found to last longer than ever before due to the fact that there has been improved bearing surfaces and materials available. Despite these modern approaches, failure caused by polyethylene wear, aseptic loosening, instability and mispositioning and even infection could affect THA survival. In the course of addressing anti-wear characteristics of the conventional polyethylene surface various approaches have been made. To date, there ar… Show more
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