In vivo wear of 3 types of metal on metal hip prostheses during 2 decades of use

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 329, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  McKellop, Harry ^a,b   Park, Sang Hyun ^a,b   Chiesa, Roberto ^a,b,c   Doorn, Peter ^a   Lu, Bin ^a,b   Normand, Patricia ^a,b   Grigoris, Peter ^d   Amstutz, Harlan ^a  

^a JOINT REPLACEMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d Birmingham Nuffield Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR HEAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; CORROSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; PROSTHESIS;

BIOMECHANICS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CORROSION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 0029831455     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199608001-00013     Document Type: Article

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