Simulator wear of some commercially available metal-on-metal hip implants

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1346, Issue , 1998, Pages 92-110

  Medley, John B ^a   Dowling, Judith M ^a   Poggie, Robert A ^b   Krygier, Jan J ^c   Bobyn, J Dennis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Implex Corp   (United States)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hip implants; Metal on metal; Orthopaedics; Simulator; Tribology; Wear

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001566621     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp12833s     Document Type: Article

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