Ceramic Materials in Total Joint Arthroplasty

Seminars in Arthroplasty JSES

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 94-101

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

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

biomaterials; ceramics; total joint arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; DIAMOND; METAL; POLYETHYLENE; SILICON NITRIDE; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DEVICE; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; JOINT PROSTHESIS; OSTEOLYSIS; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURGEON; THEORY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845372992     PISSN: 10454527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sart.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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