Influence of the femoral head surface hardness on abrasive wear mechanisms in the combination with polyethylene total hip replacement;Einfluss der oberflachenharte der gelenkkugeln auf abrasive verschleissmechanismen in der paarung mit polyethylen fur kunstliche huftgelenke

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 58-62

  Lampe, F ^a,c   Grischke, M ^b   Wimmer, M A ^a   Nassutt, R ^a   Klages, C P ^b   Hille, E ^c   Schneider, E ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SURFACE ENGINEERING AND THIN FILMS IST   (Germany)

^c Abt Orthopad Allgemeines KB

Author keywords

Abrasive wear; Artificial hip; Hardness; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); POLYETHYLENES;

FEMORAL HEAD SURFACE HARDNESS; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT;

HIP PROSTHESES;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; POLYETHYLENE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; FEMUR HEAD; HARDNESS; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN;

CHROMIUM ALLOYS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0032033210     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmte.1998.43.3.58     Document Type: Article

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