In vivo comparison of wear particles bet
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Kentaro Iwakiri; Yukihide Minoda; Akio Kobayashi; Ryo Sugama; Hiroyoshi Iwaki; F
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Reduction of wear with highly crosslinked polyethylene (HXLPE) has been reported in __in vitro__ and __in vivo__ studies of total hip prostheses. However, use of HXLPE in total knee prostheses is still controversial. The aim of this study was to compare __in vivo__ polyethylene wear par