Wear of polyethylene acetabular components in total hip arthroplasty. An analysis of one hundred and twenty-eight components retrieved at autopsy or revision operations

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 349-358

  Jasty, Murali ^a,c   Goetz, Devon D ^b,c   Bragdon, Charles R ^a,c   Lee, Kyla R ^a,c   Hanson, Amy E ^a,c   Elder, John R ^a,c   Harris, William H ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons PC   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ABRASION; ACETABULUM; ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0030903723     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199703000-00005     Document Type: Article

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