Wear of polyethylene acetabular cups against alumina femoral heads: 5 prostheses compared in a hip simulator for 35 million walking cycles

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 507-512

  Saikko, Vesa O ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMUR HEAD; HIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; TISSUE REACTION; WALKING;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIP PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027519893     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679308993680     Document Type: Article

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