Wear morphology of metal-metal implants: Hip simulator tests compared with clinical retrievals

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1346, Issue , 1998, Pages 129-143

  Park, Sang Hyun ^a   McKellop, Harry ^a   Lu, Bin ^a   Chan, Frank ^b   Chiesa, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical retrievals; Hip joint simulator; Hip prosthesis; Metal on metal; Morphology; Wear

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008926164     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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