Characterization of debris adjacent to failed knee implants of 3 different designs

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 331, Issue , 1996, Pages 151-158

  Hirakawa, Kazuo ^a,b   Bauer, Thomas W ^a   Stulberg, Bernard N ^a   Wilde, Alan H ^a   Borden, Lester S ^a  

^a St Vincent Charity Hospital   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE LIGAMENT; OSTEOLYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0029973991     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199610000-00021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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