Catastrophic failure of modular Zirconia-Ceramic femoral head components after total hip arthroplasty

The Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 848-850

  Hummer III, Charles D ^a   Rothman, Richard H ^a,b   Hozack, William J ^a,b  

^a ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ceramic; femoral head; fracture; total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; POLYETHYLENE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; CERAMICS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 0029616189     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(05)80085-3     Document Type: Article

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