Effects of distal femoral centralizers on bone-cement in total hip arthroplasty - An experimental analysis of cement-centralizer bonding, cement void formation, and crack propagation

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 687-692

  Smith, Scott G ^a   Kabo, J Michael ^a   Kilgus, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cement cracks; Cement porosity; Centralizers; Femoral stem; Hip arthroplasty; Polymethyl methacrylate

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

ARTICLE; MODEL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

HIP PROSTHESIS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; POROSITY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 0029798717     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(96)80007-6     Document Type: Article

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