The sphericity of the bearing surface in total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1024-1029

  Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Minami, Akio ^a   Matsuno, Takeo ^b   Tanino, Hiromasa ^b   Yuhta, Toshio ^c   Nishimura, Ikuya ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bearing surface; Polyethylene wear; Sphericity; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0035208741     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/arth.2001.27673     Document Type: Article

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