Purpose Various materials are used in orbital blowout fracture repair. We describe a series of patients with orbital blowout fractures that were repaired using porous polyethylene (Medpor) sheets.

A long-term follow-up study from Australia confirms that hip implants with components made of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) substantially lower the risk of revision surgery after total hip ...

Metal-on-metal hip implants are increasingly attractive to people with end-stage hip arthritis, particularly because the implants wear down slowly. Now a new study shows that the layer of lubrication ...