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Knee Need to Know

Highly Cross-Linked Poly Adds No Benefit to Most TKAs

January 22, 2020 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The preponderance of published orthopaedic evidence supports the use of highly cross-linked polyethylene (HXLPE) in acetabular components for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA). (See

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Editor's Choice Hip

Let’s Continue Improving Hip-Implant Longevity

September 4, 2019 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In October 2017, JBJS published results from a 10-year randomized controlled trial by Devane et al. documenting the dramatic reduction in polyethylene wear in total

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Hip Need to Know

Has Conventional Polyethylene Become Obsolete in THA?

October 19, 2017October 18, 2017 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Highly cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) has been in clinical use for nearly 15 years. In acetabular components for total hip arthroplasty (THA), XLPE’s superior wear characteristics

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