Wear of retrieved ceramic THA components - Four matched pairs retrieved after 5-13 years in service

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 593-598

  Magnissalis, Evangelos A ^a   Xenakis, Theodoros A ^b   Zacharis, Constantinos ^a  

^a Research Center for Biomaterials SA 15   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alumina; Ceramic implants; In vivo wear; Retrieval analysis; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); RECORDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CERAMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034801688     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.1057     Document Type: Article

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