The Reliability of Modern Alumina Bearings in Total Hip Arthroplasty

Seminars in Arthroplasty JSES

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 113-119

  Garino, Jonathan ^a   Rahaman, Mohamed N ^b   Bal, B Sonny ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

alumina; Biolox forte; failure rates; implant design

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 33845328759     PISSN: 10454527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sart.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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