Severe wear and fracture of zirconia heads against alumina inserts in hip simulator studies with microseparation

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 726-734

  Stewart, Todd D ^a   Tipper, Joanne L ^a   Insley, Gerard ^b   Streicher, Robert M ^b   Ingham, Eileen ^a   Fisher, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Stryker SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alumina; Hip prostheses; Microseparation; Simulator; Wear; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ACETABULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; FEMUR HEAD PROSTHESIS; HIP FRACTURE; HIP PROSTHESIS; JOINT LAXITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIMULATOR;

EID: 0141535277     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(03)00204-3     Document Type: Article

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