Severe polyethylene wear in uncemented acetabular cup system components: A report of 5 cases

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 635-636

  Patel, Jig ^a,b   Scott, James E ^a   Radford, Warwick J P ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomic medullary locking; Failure; Polyethylene; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0032803527     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(99)90090-6     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Bono JV, Sanford L, Toussaint JT: Severe polyethylene wear in total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 9:119, 1994