Retrieved ceramic total knee prosthesis in clinical use for 23 years

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 240-242, Issue , 2003, Pages 797-800

  Oonishi, Hironobu ^a   Kim, Seok Cheol ^a   Clarke, Ian C ^b   Asano, Taiyo ^b   Bal, B Sonny ^c   Kyomoto, Masayuki ^d   Masuda, Shingo ^d  

^a Tominaga Hospital   (Japan)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d KYOCERA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alumina; Knee Joint; Long Term Clinical Use; Retrieved Study; UHMWPE; Wear

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

KNEE PROSTHESIS;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

EID: 0037254915     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. H. Okumura, T. Yamamuro, T. Kumar, T. Nakamura and M. Oka, (1989) "Socket Wear in Total Hip Prosthesis with Alumina Ceramic Head", Bioceramics 1, 284-289.
2. H. Oonishi, T. Hamaguchi, N. Okabe, T. Nabeshima, (1981) "Cementless Alumina Ceramic Total Knee Prosthesis", Orthopaedic Ceramic Implants 1, 157-160.
3. H. Oonishi, H. Fujita, S. Itoh, S. Kin and H. Amino, E. Tsuji, (2002) "SURFACE ANALYSIS ON RETRIEVED CERAMIC TOTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS", Key Engineering Materials, 218-220 pp.499-502.