The Influence of Bone and Bone Cement Debris on Counterface Roughness in Sliding Wear Tests of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene on Stainless Steel

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 65-70

  Caravia, L ^a   Dowson, D ^a   Fisher, J ^a   Jobbins, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BONE; FOREIGN BODY; HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BONE AND BONES; BONE CEMENTS; FOREIGN BODIES; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STAINLESS STEEL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS--BONE; BIOMATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; POLYETHYLENES--HIGH DENSITY; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTIFICIAL JOINTS; BONE CEMENT; COUNTERFACE ROUGHNESS; SLIDING WEAR TESTS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 0024994841     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20416518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1990_204_230_02     Document Type: Article

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