Quantitative evaluation of the prosthetic head damage induced by microscopic third-body particles in total hip replacement

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 436-448

  Raimondi, Manuela Teresa ^a   Vena, Pasquale ^a   Pietrabissa, Riccardo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Hip prosthesis; Prosthetic head; Third body abrasion; Wear

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COBALT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERS; PROSTHETICS; SURGERY;

HEAD DAMAGE;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; POLYETHYLENE;

ABRASION; ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; DESTRUCTION; FEMUR HEAD; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 0034953264     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.1039     Document Type: Article

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