Research Article
PMMA Third-Body Wear after Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty Decuples the UHMWPE Wear Particle Generation In Vitro
Table 2
Median size and morphology parameters of all analyzed particles.
| | | Area (µm2) | Roundness | AR | ECD (µm) | FF | Mean diameter (µm) |
| | Bone particles | 0.013*
(0.003–8.978) | 0.674*
(0.084–1.176) | 1.337*
(1.000–5.931) | 0.129*
(0.062–3.381) | 0.680*
(0.067–0.903) | 0.144*
(0.057–5.383) | | PMMA particles | 0.011*
(0.003–8.401) | 0.516*
(0.067–1.176) | 1.509*
(1.000–11.862) | 0.118*
(0.062–3.271) | 0.606*
(0.035–0.887) | 0.130*
(0.057–5.742) | | Control | 0.012*
(0.003–6.690) | 0.578*
(0.062–1.176) | 1.509*
(1.000–9.897) | 0.124*
(0.062–2.919) | 0.629*
(0.033–0.902) | 0.130*
(0.057–4.995) |
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; in brackets: min.–max.
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