Tibial interface wear in retrieved total knee components and correlations with modular insert motion

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1849-1855

  Rao, Anand R ^a   Engh, Gerard A ^a   Collier, Matthew B ^a   Lounici, Smain ^a  

^a ANDERSON ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0036799675     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200210000-00017     Document Type: Article

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