Wear Analysis of Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene in Young and Active Patients at Average Fourteen Years: A Concise Follow-Up of a Previous Report

This study confirms that a first-generation annealed HXLPE shows excellent wear and clinical results at 10-17 years in young and active patients. Oxidative degradation of an annealed HXLPE does not adversely affect wear and shows no other wear-related complications.