Engineering issues and wear performance of metal on metal hip implants

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 333, Issue , 1996, Pages 96-107

  Chan, Frank W ^a   Bobyn, J Dennis ^a   Medley, John B ^b   Krygier, Jan J ^a   Yue, Stephen ^c   Tanzer, Michael ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIP PROSTHESIS; METAL IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0030454623     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199612000-00009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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