Wear characteristics of ceramic-on-ceramic for hip endoprostheses

Biomaterials

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 873-876

  Fruh H J ^a   Willmann, G ^b   Pfaff, H G ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CERAMTEC AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alumina; Ring on disc; Total hip replacement; Wear; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BIOMATERIALS; HIP PROSTHESES; TRIBOLOGY; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS; ZIRCONIA;

FEMORAL BALL HEADS; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; POLYETHYLENE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; FEMUR HEAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CERAMICS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 0031172868     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(97)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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