ENDOTOXINS THAT ATTACHED TO ULTRA-HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE PARTICLE SURFACE INDUCED HIGHER LEVEL OF INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES DUE TO INCREASED PRESENCE OF PARTICLES AROUND MACROPHAGES IN VITRO

INTRODUCTION Loosening is concerned to be the major cause of revision in the artificial prosthesis. Wear debris of UHMWPE dispersed into the implant-bone interface are phagocytosed by macrophages r...