The Significance of Metal Staining on Alumina Femoral Heads in Total Hip Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-19

  Bal, B Sonny ^a   Rahaman, Mohamed N ^b   Aleto, Thomas ^a   Miller, F Scott ^b   Traina, Francesco ^c   Toni, Aldo ^c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

alumina; dislocation; metal staining; surface damage; total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMUR HEAD; HIP DISLOCATION; IMPLANTATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ACETABULUM; AGED; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CERAMICS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 33845733758     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2006.02.155     Document Type: Article

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