Corrosion of modular titanium alloy stems in cementless hip replacement

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 357-366

  Urban, Robert M ^a,b,c,d   Gilbert, Jeremy L ^e   Jacobs, Joshua J ^a,b,c,d  

^a Implant Pathology Laboratory   (United States)

^b Section of Biomaterials Research   (United States)

^c Metal Ion Laboratory   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Fretting; Metal ions; Modularity; Particulate debris; Titanium

Indexed keywords

ACETABULAR LOOSENING; METAL IONS; MODULARITY; PARTICULATE DEBRIS;

ACRYLICS; BONE CEMENT; CORROSION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FRETTING CORROSION; HIP PROSTHESES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURGERY; TITANIUM;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 30644479707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI12810     Document Type: Article

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