HIGHLY CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE IN TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY HAS EVEN LOWER RATES OF WEAR AFTER CREEP HAS BEEN ELIMINATED: A TEN-YEAR FOUR-BEARING ANALYSIS

The purpose of this investigation is to assess the rate of wear the effect once the “bedding in period”/ poly creep had been eliminated. Creep is the visco-elastic deformation that polyethylene exh...