Books and Monographs

L. Costa, and E. M. Brach de Prever, UHMWPE for Arthroplasty, Edizioni Minerva Medica, Turin, 2000.

H. G. Willert, G. H. Buchhorn, and P. Eyerer, Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polyethlene as Biomaterial in Orthopedic Surgery, Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, Toronto, 1991.

Book Chapters and Review Articles: General UHMWPE

S. M. Kurtz, O. K. Muratoglu, M. Evans, and A. A. Edidin, "Advances in the processing, sterilization, and crosslinking of ultra- high molecular weight polyethylene for total joint arthroplasty," Biomaterials, 20, 1659-88 (1999.)

Stein, HL. Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). Guide to Engineering Plastics Families: Thermoplastic Resins, Vol. 2. Engineered Materials Handbook, ASM International, Materials Park, OH, pp. 167-171, 1999. Click here to download a pdf of the book chapter, made available with the permission of the author.

V. Premnath, W. H. Harris, M. Jasty, and E. W. Merrill, "Gamma sterilization of UHMWPE articular implants: an analysis of the oxidation problem," Biomaterials, 17, 1741-1753 (1996.)

S. Li, and A. H. Burstein, "Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. The material and its use in total joint implants," J Bone Joint Surg Am, 76, 1080-90 (1994.)

P. Eyerer, R. Ellwanger, H.-A. Federolf, M. Kurth, and H. Madler, "Polyethylene," in Consise Encyclopaedia of Medical and Dental Materials, D. Williams and R. Cahn (ed.), Pergamon, Oxford, 1990, pp. 271-280.

J. J. Coughlan, and D. P. Hug, "Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene," in Encyclopaedia of Polymer Science and Engineering, H. F. Mark, N. M. Bikales, C. G. Overberger, G. Menges and J. Kroschwitz (ed.), New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1986, pp. 490-494.

Book Chapters and Review Articles: Wear of UHMWPE

A. A. Edidin, and S. M. Kurtz, "The evolution of paradigms for wear in total joint arthroplasty: The role of design, material, and mechanics," October 2000, www.uhmwpe.org. (Go to web page)

A. Wang, A. Essner, V. K. Polineni, C. Stark, and J. H. Dumbleton, "Lubrication and wear of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene in total joint replacements," Tribology International, 31, 17-33 (1998.)

H. A. McKellop, "Wear assessment," in The Adult Hip, J. J. Callaghan, A. G. Rosenberg and H. E. Rubash (ed.), Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, 1998, pp. 231-246.

W. L. Sauer, and M. E. Anthony, "Predicting the clinical wear performance of orthopaedic bearing surfaces," in Alternative Bearing Surfaces in Total Joint Replacement, J. J. Jacobs and T. L. Craig (ed.), American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohoken, 1998, pp. 1-29.

G. Lewis, "Polyethylene wear in total hip and knee arthroplasties," J Biomed Mater Res (Appl Biomater), 38, 55-75 (1997.)

Review Articles: Crosslinked UHMWPE

G. Lewis. "Properties of crosslinked ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene," Biomaterials, 22, 371-402 (2001.)

S. M. Kurtz, O. K. Muratoglu, M. Evans, and A. A. Edidin, "Advances in the processing, sterilization, and crosslinking of ultra- high molecular weight polyethylene for total joint arthroplasty," Biomaterials, 20, 1659-88 (1999.)

Book Chapter: Small Punch Test

A. A. Edidin, and S. M. Kurtz, "Development and validation of the small punch test for UHMWPE used in total joint replacements.," in Functional Biomaterials, W. Soboyejo (ed.), Trans Tech Publications Ltd., Winterthur, Switzerland, 2000. (Go to web page)