| pubmed-article:17545435 | pubmed:abstractText | Wear of the polyethylene tibial bearing is a leading cause of failure of knee replacements done prior to the current decade. The objective of this study was to determine how patient-related factors, implant-related factors, and limb or tibial component alignment influenced the amount of thickness loss in polyethylene tibial bearings that were retrieved at the time of revision surgery or after the death of the patient. | lld:pubmed |
